Verse 15. _THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD_] This I have, by _express revelation_, from the Lord: what he now delivers, he gives as coming immediately from the Spirit of God. Indeed, hum...
FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD - By the command or inspired teaching of the Lord. Prof. Bush (_Anastasis_, p. 265) supposes that the apostle here alludes to what the Saviour says in...
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)...
THE CONDITION OF THE DEAD. This paragraph is written to allay a misgiving which had arisen among the Thessalonian Christians that certain of their friends who had died would be deprived of their share...
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
We do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are asleep, because we do not wish you to sorrow as the rest of people do because they have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and...
THE. Omit. WORD. App-121. REMAIN. Greek. _perileipomai._ Only here and 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Is this subsequent to Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:11 ? COMING. Com
Section VI. The Coming of the Lord Jesus Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 to 1 Thessalonians 5:11 This solemn topic, as we have already seen (note on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:10, and Intro
_For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord_ Lit., IN A WORD OF THE LORD, in the character of a message coming from "the mouth of the Lord;" comp. 1 Corinthians 7:10, "I give charge, not I, but...
§ 8. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Concerning them that fall asleep Thessalonian faith had its “deficiencies” on the doctrinal as well as the practical side (see note introductory to last section). In rega...
15. For (ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΝ) ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΟΥ B has του Ιησου (? taken up from 1 Thessalonians 4:14); Marcion (apud Tert5, 15), _Christi_. 15. ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΓᾺΡ ὙΜΙ͂Ν ΛΈΓΟΜΕΝ ἘΝ ΛΌΓΩΙ ΚΥΡΊΟΥ. _For this we say to you, i...
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DISCOURSE: 2202 THE RESURRECTION 1 Thessalonians 4:13. I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For, if w...
THAT WE WHICH ARE ALIVE, &C.— Because here and elsewhere St. Paul speaks in the _first person plural,_ and thereby seems to join himself with those who should be alive at Christ's second coming, when...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:15) 15 FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE THAT ARE ALIVE, THAT ARE LEFT UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD, SHALL IN NO WISE PRECEDE THEM THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEE...
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. BY ('IN') THE WORD OF THE LORD - i:e., in v...
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...
PREVENT] better, 'be before,' i.e. the dead, about whom you are anxious, will be at no disadvantage at the Advent, so far as its blessedness is concerned....
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...
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. — Literally, _in._ A most direct claim to plenary inspiration (see references). It does not mean “According to certain words which Christ spoke,” nor yet “_By means_ of a reve...
CHAPTER 11 THE DEAD IN CHRIST 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (R.V.) THE restlessness of the Thessalonians, which caused some of them to neglect their daily work, was the result of strained expectations of Chr...
κυρίου. On the tendency of the N.T. writers to reserve κύριος, with its O.T. predicates of divine authority, for Jesus, _cf._ Kattenbusch, _op. cit._, ii. 522. Paul's use of the term goes back to Chri...
περὶ τῶν κοιμωμένων....
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...
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS PROOF GOD CAN RAISE THE DEAD Belief in Christ's resurrection from the dead is central to the Christian's faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 1 Corinthians 15:12-20). If Jesus had not...
(13) For this we say unto you by the (f) word of the Lord, that (g) we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (13) The manner of the resurrec...
With commandment. [3] God's command will in a moment raise and bring all to judgment. --- And the dead, who are in Christ, in the grace of Christ, shall rise first, not as to time, but in dignity. (Wi...
(13) В¶ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. (14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose agai...
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...
15_For this we say unto you_. He now briefly explains the manner in which believers will be raised up from death. Now, as he speaks of a thing that is very great, and is incredible to the human mind,...
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...
FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... The apostle having something new and extraordinary to deliver, concerning the coming of Christ, the first resurrection, or the resurrection of the...
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive _and_ remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. Ver. 15. _By the word of the Lord_] Or, in...
_For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord_ By a particular revelation from him. No words, as Dr. Doddridge observes, can more plainly assert that, in what follows, the apostle declares precise...
WHICH ARE ALIVE; when the Lord shall come to judgment. SHALL NOT PREVENT; not go before, or rise to meet the Lord before those do who are dead....
INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD....
FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD SHALL NOT PREVENT THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP....
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...
C. The problem about those who had died, 4:13-18 13 BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU TO BE IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING THEM WHICH ARE ASLEEP, THAT YE SORROW NOT, EVEN AS OTHERS WHICH HAVE NO HOPE. 14 Fo...
“FOR THIS WE SAY UNTO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE LORD, THAT WE THAT ARE ALIVE, THAT ARE LEFT UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD, SHALL IN NO WISE PRECEDE THEM THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP” “By the word of the Lord”:...
13-18 Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity doe...
The apostle here sets down particularly the manner of the Lord's coming, the method and order how all the saints shall then meet with him and with one another, which we find not so distinctly in any o...
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. [The facts here set forth wer...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V He says that those who "remain unto the coming of Christ," along with "the dead in Christ, shall rise first," being "caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the...
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‘For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and are left to the Parousia of the Lord, will in no way precede those who are asleep.' Paul assures the Thessalonians that ther...
THE COMING OF CHRIST FOR HIS OWN (1 THESSALONIANS 4:13). Paul assures the Thessalonians that those who have died in Christ will not be disadvantaged as against those who will be alive at His coming,...
_Comfort for the Bereaved concerning the Prospects of the Departed._ Paul had preached to the Thessalonians the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ, and they had apparently taken up the impression...
1 Thessalonians 4:15. BY THE WORD OF THE LORD. The account of the Lord's Second Advent which follows is one of those revelations which human reasoning could not even help the apostle to predict. It mu...
BY THE WORD OF THE LORD (εν λογω Κυριου). We do not know to what word of the Lord Jesus Paul refers, probably Paul meaning only the point in the teaching of Christ rather than a quotation. He may be...
1 Thessalonians 4:13 The Apostle now turns to speak of Christian hope. It is a transition to a new and all-important theme the hope of the Christian in regard to the saints at the second coming of the...
1 Thessalonians 4:13. _But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope._ You cannot help sorrowing, for you...
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...
THIS IS THE LORD'S TEACHING. He shows the authority of what he is saying. WILL NOT GO AHEAD OF. Those who are living when our Lord Comes will not go into his presence before the dead are raised. [We a...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:15. WE WHICH ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTO THE COMING OF THE LORD.—“We must recognise that Paul here includes himself, along with the Thessalonians, amon...
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 15:51; 1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:17; 1 Kings 13:18;...
By the word of the Lord [ε ν λ ο γ ω κ υ ρ ι ο υ]. Or in the word. Logov of a concrete saying, Romans 9:9; Romans 13:9. We do not say this on our own authority. Comp. 1 Corinthians 7:10;...
By the word of the Lord — By a particular revelation. We who are left — This intimates the fewness of those who will be then alive, compared to the multitude of the dead. Believers of all ages and nat...
Did Paul teach that he would be alive when Christ returned? PROBLEM: Paul spoke here to the Thessalonian Christians of “wewho are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord.” This seems to imply t...
In this verse St. Paul obviates an objection: Some might say, that the saints found alive at the last day might be sooner happy than the dead saints; no, says the apostle, they that are alive, shall n...