1 THESSALONIANS 4:11 @ivdi,aij# {C} It is difficult to decide whether ivdi,aij is a gloss, added for the sake of symmetry with ta. i;dia earlier in the sentence, or whether it accidentally fell out i...
Verse 11. _THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET_] Though in general the Church at Thessalonica was pure and exemplary, yet there seem to have been some _idle, tattling_ people among them, who disturbed the peac...
AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET - Orderly, peaceful; living in the practice of the calm virtues of life. The duty to which he would exhort them was that of being subordinate to the laws; of avoiding all...
IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_ 2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13)...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS TO PURITY OF LIFE AND BROTHERLY LOVE. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1. ABOUND: 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 *....
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
You do not need that I should write to you about brotherly love; for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. Indeed you do this very thing to all the brothers who are in the whole of Mac...
STUDY. Greek. _philotimeomai._ See Romans 15:20. BE QUIET. Greek. _hesuchazo._ See Luke 23:56. DO, &C. = attend to your own affairs. Compare 2 Thessalonians 3:11. commanded
_and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business_ Lit., THAT YOU BE AMBITIONS TO BE QUIET an example of St Paul's characteristic irony; the contrast between _ambition_and _quiet_giving a sh...
Section V. A Lesson in Christian Morals. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 We now pass from the first to the second of the two main divisions of the Epistle (see _Introd_. Chap. VII.), from _narrative_to _e...
§ 7. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. A Lesson in Christian Morals We pass from the first to the second half of the Letter, from _narration_ to _exhortation_ Chh. 1–3 are complete in themselves, setting forth...
11. ιδιαις is supplied by א*ADCKL, &c.—an Alexandrian emendation (? harmonistic: see 1 Corinthians 4:12; Ephesians 4:28), adopted by the Syrians. WH relegate the adjective to the mg in Ephesians 4:28,...
ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΕΪ́ΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΦΙΛΟΤΙΜΈΟΜΑΙ (G5389) стремиться к чемул., быть ревностным, стараться, считать почетным (MM; Milligan; BAGD; NDIEC, 1:87-88). _Inf._ в ст. 11 связаны с помо...
THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, &C.— Idleness is utterly unbecoming a reasonable creature, and is not only a great vice itself, but the seed of many and greater vices. Nothing can be a higher scandal to an...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12) 11 AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO WORK WITH YOUR HANDS, EVEN AS WE CHARGED YOU; 12 THAT YE MAY WALK BECOMINGLY TOWARD THEM THAT ARE...
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; STUDY TO BE QUIET, [ philotimeisthai (G5389)] - 'make it your ambition to be quiet,...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
STUDY] better, 'strive earnestly.' Religious excitement, especially in view of the expected coming of Christ, was a danger to the Thessalonian Church (2 Thessalonians 3:12). It caused neglect of 'the...
EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND BROTHERLY LOVE. THE SECOND ADVENT 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing willed by...
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 4 HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8 V1 Brothers and sisters, y...
(11)AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET. — The word means more than “study;” “and that ye make it your ambition to keep quiet” — their ambition having formerly been to make a stir among the Churches. It is...
CHAPTER 10 CHARITY AND INDEPENDENCE 1 Thessalonians 4:9 (R.V.) WHEN the gospel first came abroad in the world, two characteristics of its adherents attracted general attention, namely, personal puri...
φιλοτ. ἡσυχάζειν (oxymoron). The prospect of the second advent (1 Thessalonians 4:13 f., 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10) seems to have made some local enthusiasts feel that it was superfluous for them to go o...
UNITED NOW AND HEREAFTER IN THE LORD 1 Thessalonians 4:9 It is suggested that God Himself is the teacher of love. Others may teach the lower classes in the school of grace, but the highest is reserve...
At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject i...
AN EXHORTATION TO BROTHERLY LOVE AND WORK Anytime someone listens to one of God's messengers, it could be said that he is taught of God. The Thessalonians may have been taught by listening to Paul or...
(7) And that ye study to be quiet, (8) and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; (7) He condemns unsettled minds, and such as are curious in matters which do...
And that you want nothing of any man's. [2] This is the sense by the Greek, nor does the Latin here signify to desire, but to want them that are without; i.e. infidels out of the pale of the Church. ...
(9) В¶ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. (10) And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Mace...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
_QUIET WORK_ ‘We exhort you … that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we charged you.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:10 While no good man can look on wi...
11_Maintain Peace. _I have already stated that this clause must be separated from what goes before, for this is a new sentence. Now, to _be at peace_, means in this passage — to act peacefully and wit...
The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...
AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET,.... To live peaceably in their own families, and to give no disturbance to other families, by talebearing, whispering, and backbiting; to behave with quietness in the ne...
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; Ver. 11. _Study to be quiet_] Gr. Be ambitious of peace; as earnest and eager after i...
_As touching brotherly love_ That peculiar affection which one disciple of Christ owes to another; _ye need not_ so much _that I_ should _write unto you; for ye yourselves_ Independent of any teaching...
AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO WORK WITH YOUR OWN HANDS, AS WE COMMANDED YOU;...
The apostle urges brotherly love and sober industry:...
The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and o...
B. The problem of social conduct, 4:9-12 9 BUT AS TOUCHING BROTHERLY LOVE YE NEED NOT THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU: FOR YE YOURSELVES ARE TAUGHT OF GOD TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 10 And indeed ye do it toward al...
“AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET, AND TO DO YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND TO WORK WITH YOUR HANDS, EVEN AS WE CHARGED YOU” “Study”: To be fond of honor, that is, emulous (eager or earnest to do something): to...
9-12 We should notice in others what is good, to their praise, that we may engage them to abound therein more and more. All who are savingly taught of God, are taught to love one another. The teachin...
OLBGrk; AND THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET: he exhorts to quietness, and yet to be diligent; and probably he might see this needful, either by what he himself had observed amongst them, or by what he had h...
and that ye study to be quiet [The Greeks were naturally mercurial and restless. How much they needed this advice to be quiet, or steady, will be seen in Paul's second Epistle, where he reproves them...
Tertullian On Idolatry Again, they say the same apostle has left a precept, according to his own example, "That each one work with his own hands for a living."[27]...
1 Thessalonians 4:11 G2532 aspire G5389 (G5738) life G2270 (G5721) G2532 mind G4238 (G5721) business
‘And that you are ambitious to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you. That you may walk honestly towards those who are without, and may have need o...
1 Thessalonians 4:11. MAKE IT YOUR AMBITION TO BE QUIET. The Greeks were naturally restless and ambitious. Juvenal in a well-known passage (iii. 76) satirizes their unsteadiness, their flying from one...
_Exhortation to Brotherly Love and Industry_ The connection between the two subjects of this paragraph, brotherly love and quiet industry, is somewhat obscure. It may be that those who had abandoned t...
THAT YE STUDY TO BE QUIET (φιλοτιμεισθα ησυχαζειν). First infinitive dependent on παρακαλουμεν (verse 1 Thessalonians 4:10, we exhort you), the second on φιλοτιμεισθα (old verb from φιλοτιμος, fond...
1 Thessalonians 4:10 I. In what forms must we labour to advance Christ's Kingdom? In age after age the saints of God have possessed their souls in joy and patience, not gadding about as busy-bodies or...
1 Thessalonians 4:9 Turning now, and as it were, with a sense of relief from warnings against impurity and covetousness, but still keeping in view the aim of his whole exhortation, viz., "the will of...
CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what they should believe, but also how t...
1 Thessalonians 4:1. _We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us_ the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, _how ye ou...
MAKE IT YOUR AIM TO LIVE A QUIET LIFE. Don't be a "busybody." It is implied that some at Thessalonica expected Jesus to come immediately, and so had quit working, and become loafers and troublemakers....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:11. STUDY TO BE QUIET.—R.V. margin, “Go: be ambitious.” “An example of St. Paul’s characteristic irony: the contrast between ambition and quiet, givi...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christian life,...
Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...
1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 Peter 4:11; 1 Pete
Study [φ ι λ ο τ ι μ ε ι σ θ α ι]. P o. Make it your aim. Comp. Romans 14:20 (see note); 2 Corinthians 5:9. Often in Class. Lit. to be fond of honor : hence to strive for honor, to be ambitious. To be...
That ye study — Literally, that ye be ambitious: an ambition worthy a Christian. To work with your hands — Not a needless caution; for temporal concerns are often a cross to them who are newly filled...
It is supposed by some, that the charity and bounty of these Thessalonians, mentioned in the foregoing verses, occasioned some persons to be idle and carry tales from house to house, seeking by such f...