1:4 encourages (a-2) _ Parakaleo_ , as Matthew 2:18 ; Matthew 5:4 ; Acts 20:12 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:7 . I do not say 'comfort,' as that is rather conveyed in _ paramutheomai_ , so translated in 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 'console,' John 11:19 ,... [ Continue Reading ]
6:1 fellow-workmen, (h-3) See 1 Corinthians 3:9 . Here literally 'jointly labouring;' the connection is in the word 'beseech.'... [ Continue Reading ]
6:2 salvation. (i-22) See Isaiah 49:8 .... [ Continue Reading ]
6:4 endurance, (k-11) Or 'patience.'... [ Continue Reading ]
6:9 known; (l-5) Or 'recognized,' as Matthew 7:16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
6:10 grieved, (m-2) Or 'sorrowful.'... [ Continue Reading ]
6:11 expanded. (a-11) I do not say 'enlarged,' because it would lead one to suppose that his heart had been narrow. He had been driven in, as it were, by their evil, and now opened out and expanded.... [ Continue Reading ]
6:12 affections; (b-13) Lit. 'bowels.'... [ Continue Reading ]
6:13 itself. (c-16) Lit. 'be ye also expanded.'... [ Continue Reading ]
6:14 diversely (d-3) 'Unequally,' as in A.V., is a consequence, but not stated in the text, which says 'diversely,' referring to the Levitical law, which forbade different animals to be yoked together, Deuteronomy 22:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
6:16 temple (e-6) temple; (e-15) _ Naos_ . see 1 Corinthians 9:13 . said, (f-20) See Leviticus 26:11-12 .... [ Continue Reading ]
6:17 Lord, (g-14) 'Lord' is a proper name, answering to Jehovah. God, who in the Old Testament took the name of Jehovah with Israel, and of Shaddai (Almighty) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, takes the name of Father with us. unclean, (h-20) See Isaiah 52:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]
6:18 Lord (g-22) 'Lord' is a proper name, answering to Jehovah. God, who in the Old Testament took the name of Jehovah with Israel, and of Shaddai (Almighty) with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, takes the name of Father with us.... [ Continue Reading ]