Verse 15. _THEREFORE, BRETHREN, STAND FAST_] Their obtaining eternal glory depended on their _faithfulness_ to the grace of God; for this _calling_ did not necessarily and irresistibly lead to faith;...
THEREFORE - In view of the fact that you are thus chosen from eternity, and that you are to be raised up to such honor and glory. STAND FAST - Amidst all the temptations which surround you; compare th...
III. THANKSGIVING, PRAYER, EXHORTATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS Chapter S 2:13-3:18 _ 1. Thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13)_ 2. Prayer for the Word and for deliverance (2 Thessalonians 3:1) 3....
FURTHER THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER. In contrast to the men mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Paul thanks God for the Christians whom God chose for salvation. The paragraph concludes with a brief doxolog...
THE LAWLESS ONE (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
We ought always to give thanks for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the consecration of the Holy Spirit and by faith in the truth. For this he...
STAND FAST. See 1 Thessalonians 3:8. HOLD. lay hold on, hold fast. TRADITIONS. Greek. _paradosis,_ as in 2 Thessalonians 3:6. OUR. Should come after "by"....
Section IV. Words of Comfort and Prayer Ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 to 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Passing from the last Section, we breathe a sigh of relief, and gladly join in thanksgiving for those who will...
_Therefore, brethren, stand fast_) SO THEN (R.V.), as in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 (see note): the practical conclusion in which the Apostle gathers up all he has been saying in this letter. "Since the Lord...
§ 4. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 TO 2 Thessalonians 3:5. WORDS OF COMFORT AND PRAYER _Solatium post prœdictionem rerum tristium_ (Bengel). Turning from the awful apparition of Antichrist, the writers with a...
ἎΡΑ ΟΥ̓͂Ν, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΊ, ΣΤΉΚΕΤΕ. _So then, brothers, stand firm:_ the practical conclusion of all that has been said, from 2 Thessalonians 2:2 onwards. “Since the Lord’s return is delayed and its date unc...
ΆΡΑ (G686) следовательно. Делается практический вывод из только что сказанного (Milligan). ΣΤΉΚΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΣΤΉΚΩ (G4739) стоять, настаивать, ΚΡΑΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΡΑΤΈΩ (G2...
THE TRADITIONS— This probably refers to the prophesy concerning _the man of sin_ in the preceding verses, and to the explication which the apostle had given of some particulars respecting it by word o...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 2:15) 15 SO THEN, BRETHREN, STAND FAST, AND HOLD THE TRADITIONS WHICH YE WERE TAUGHT, WHETHER BY WORD, OR BY EPISTLE OF OURS. Translation and Paraphrase 15. Therefore then, b...
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. THEREFORE. God's sovereign choice, so far from being a ground for inaction, is t...
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
2:15 instructions (i-10) As 'directions,' 1 Corinthians 11:2 ....
THE TRADITIONS] i.e. the truths taught, whether orally or by writing....
THE GREAT APOSTASY 2. Spirit] i.e. a pretended revelation uttered by a false prophet. LETTER AS FROM US] perhaps a forged letter (the probable meaning), cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:17, or a misunderstandin...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 2 THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2:1-2 V1 Now *brothers and *sisters, do not worry about the return of our *Lord Jesus Christ....
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, STAND FAST. — Such an exhortation is, in itself, conclusive against a theory of irreversible predestination. “Because God chose you from eternity, and called you in time, therefor...
CHAPTER 21 THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (R.V.) THE first part of this chapter is mysterious, awful, and oppressive. It deals with the principle of evil in the world, its secret working,...
The divine purpose does not work automatically, but implies the cooperation of Christians in this case, a resolute stedfastness resting on loyalty to the apostolic gospel. In view of passages like 1 C...
HELD FIRM AND GUARDED FROM EVIL 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:1 This closing section is full of comfort and inspiration. Believers in Christ are the beloved of God; their salvation dates fr...
The apostle now stated clearly the order of events connected with the Second Advent of Jesus. He first announced the distinction between the two things that they were evidently confusing: ''the Coming...
PAUL'S EXHORTATION AND PRAYER FOR THESSALONICA Paul wanted them to hold their ground (in contrast to verse 2) by keeping the truths given over to them through inspired speakers and writers. God's chil...
(11) Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. (11) The conclusion: it remains then that we continue in the doctrine which w...
(13) В¶ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
He deduces this exhortation on good grounds from what goes before, inasmuch as our steadfastness and power of perseverance rest on nothing else than assurance of divine grace. When, however, God calls...
In answering this error, and in guarding them from the wily efforts of seducers, he puts everything in its place here by appealing to precious truths of which he had already spoken. Their gathering to...
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, STAND FAST,.... In the doctrine of the Gospel in general, and in the article of Christ's second coming in particular, and not in the least waver about the thing itself, nor be sha...
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. Ver. 15. _Stand fast_] Though never so many fall from the faith. Falling stars wer...
_Therefore, brethren, stand fast_ In your adherence to the truth and possession of the grace of the gospel; _and hold_ Without adding to or diminishing from them; _the traditions which ye have been ta...
THE TRADITIONS; instructions which the apostle had given them in preaching and by writing. Traditions, in the sense in which the word is used by the apostles, are the doctrines and duties which they p...
THEREFORE, BRETHREN, STAND FAST, AND HOLD THE TRADITIONS WHICH YE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, WHETHER BY WORD OR OUR EPISTLE....
PAUL COMMENDS, COUNSELS, AND COMFORTS HIS READERS:...
In the first twelve verses of this chapter we are now presented with the striking, central message of the epistle. These things are not intended to satisfy indolent curiosity or to stir the excitement...
"SO THEN" - Because you have been called, obeyed the gospel, believed the truth, stand fast. Don't be led astray. Don't believe the lie of the lawless one. In contrast, keep the traditions (oral teach...
“SO THEN, BRETHREN, STAND FAST, AND HOLD THE TRADITIONS WHICH YE WERE TAUGHT, WHETHER BY WORD, OR BY EPISTLE OF OURS” “So then”: Great truths must have great conclusions or applications. “STAND FAST”...
13-15 When we hear of the apostacy of many, it is a great comfort and joy, that there is a remnant according to the election of grace, which does and shall persevere; especially we should rejoice, if...
The former verses contained consolation, this is an exhortation: the apostle had assured them of their being elected and called, yet exhorts them to their duty. Assurance of salvation doth not encoura...
So then, brethren, stand fast [in contrast to being shaken, as stated in verse 2], _and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours_. [God was doing his part in ca...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III To which course many nations of those barbarians who believe in Christ do assent, having salvation written in their hearts by the Spirit, without paper or ink, and,...
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‘So then, brothers and sisters, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or by letter from us.' Because of this working of God in His own they are exhorted to ‘stand f...
2 Thessalonians 2:15. THEREFORE, BRETHREN, STAND FAST. ‘It might seem as if, when election is spoken of, God had already done all, and nothing was left for man to do. The opposite inference is that of...
_Exhortation suitable to those whom God has saved from Unbelief and Unrighteousness_ Paul contrasts the condition and prospects of the believing Thessalonians with those persons of whom he has been s...
SO THEN (αρα ουν). Accordingly then. The illative αρα is supported (Ellicott) by the collective ουν as in 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Galatians 6:10, etc. Here is the practical conclusion from God's elect...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spiri...
CONTENTS: Day of the Lord and the man of sin. Exhortation and instruction. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, Satan, Paul. CONCLUSION: The blessed hope of Christ's coming is a doctrine wit...
2 Thessalonians 2:1. _We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord,_ the only hope of the saints, _and by our gathering together to him._ By the coming of our Lord reference must be had to the...
FOR GOD CHOSE YOU. In contrast to the victims of the Mysterious Wickedness, the Thessalonian Christians had been chosen to be saved! See note on 1 Thessalonians 1:4. God's Plan included the Gentiles f...
STAND FAST Stand fast. 2 Thessalonians 2:15. This is the motto of one of the bravest of the brave Highland regiments the Gordon Highlanders. The original battalion of the Gordons, now the Second Ba...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 2:15. STAND FAST.—Ready for any shock which may come unexpectedly through the insidious methods of Antichrist. HOLD THE TRADITIONS.—As if the apostle s...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle now proceeds to the principal object which he had in view in writing this Epistle. The Thessalonians had adopted erroneous notions concerning the advent; they supposed...
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, [in virtue of this, because of this] and are gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neit...
1 Corinthians 11:2; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:2;...
Traditions [π α ρ α δ ο σ ε ι ς]. See on 1 Corinthians 11:2. Not emphasizing a distinction between written and oral tradition. Tradition, in the scriptural sense, may be either written or oral. It imp...
THE SECOND COMING IN THESSALONIANS 2 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS You are, perhaps, aware that the Second Coming of Christ holds a very important place in both of Paul's Epistles to the chur...
Hold — Without adding to, or diminishing from, the traditions which ye have been taught — The truths which I have delivered to you. Whether by word or by our epistle — He preached before he wrote. And...
Our apostle having abundantly comforted the Thessalonians in the former verses, from their election and vocation, he closes the chapter with an exhortation to them to perseverance and constancy in the...