And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing [without ever failing to mention it in our prayers], that, when ye received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe. [The word is the good seed of the kingdom which the heart receives, and from which it brings forth fruit with patience-- Luke 8:11-15]
Verse 13. _YE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD_] Ye received the _doctrine_ of God, not as any thing fabricated by _man_, but as coming immediately from God himself, we being only his _messengers_ to declare...
FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD - In addition to the reasons for thankfulness already suggested, the apostle here refers to the fact that they received the truth, when it was preached, in such a way...
II. TRUE SERVICE, AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_ 2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1 Thess...
PAUL AND THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH. The next two paragraphs describe (_a)_ the effect of Paul's preaching at Thessalonica, (_b)_ his anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church under stress of persecu...
PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
And for this, too, we thank God, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but--as in truth it is--as the word of God, who also works in...
FOR THIS CAUSE. On account of (App-104. 1 Thessalonians 2:2) this. ALSO THANK WE. we also thank. See 1 Thessalonians 1:2. WITHOUT CEASING. See 1 Thessalonians 1:3....
section iii Jewish Persecutors of the Church. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 This short paragraph is of peculiar interest. The Apostle was at the time exposed in his Gentile mission to the bitterest pe...
_For this cause also thank we God without ceasing_ Revised reading: AND FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO, &c. The Apostle has already given thanks for the Christian worth of the Thessalonians (ch. 1 Thessalonia...
§ 4. 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16. Fellowship in Persecution with the Judæan Churches The rich fruits of the Gospel in the Thessalonian Church, for which the writers thank God (§ 2), led them to dwell, in...
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DISCOURSE: 2196 A DUE RECEPTION OF THE GOSPEL 1 Thessalonians 2:13. _For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it n...
BUT AS IT IS IN TRUTH, THE WORD OF GOD,— That the doctrine was from God, and the apostles only as heralds, messengers, and ambassadors from God, to publish it among men, appears from comparing ch. 1 T...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:13) 13 AND FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO THANK GOD WITHOUT CEASING, THAT, WHEN YE RECEIVED FROM US THE WORD OF THE MESSAGE, _EVEN THE WORD_ OF GOD, YE ACCEPTED _IT_ NOT _AS_ THE WORD...
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which...
7 What figure could more touchingly convey the apostle's genuine affection for the Thessalonians than that of a nursing mother? How unselfish and gentle and self-sacrificing is her care! The soul is...
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA 2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians 1:30). I...
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 2 HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4 V1...
The first part of this chapter draws attention to the _Apostles’_ part in the conversion of Thessalonica. From this point (roughly speaking) to the end of 1 Thessalonians 3, the action of the _convert...
CHAPTER 6 IMPEACHMENT OF THE JEWS 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (R.V.) THESE verses complete the treatment of the subject with which this chapter opens. The Apostle has drawn a moving picture of his life and...
_Further thanksgiving for their endurance of trial_....
“And for this we also render thanks, _viz._, that;” the καί, by a loose but not unusual (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Romans 3:7; Romans 5:3, etc.) construction, goes not with the pronoun but with the v...
THE APOSTLE'S GLORY AND JOY 1 Thessalonians 2:13 The Christian worker always should wait on God till he gets the word of the message. There is an essential difference between delivering a sermon or a...
It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been w...
THE BRETHREN AND THE JEWS--TWO RESPONSES TO THE GOSPEL There were those unbelievers at Thessalonica who had not been receptive to the truth (Acts 17:11). This may have made Paul even more thankful for...
(11) For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God...
_The word [4] of the hearing of God, which can only signify the word of God you heard from us. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Verbum auditus Dei, _Greek: logon akoes._...
(13) В¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God,...
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...
13_Wherefore we give thanks_. Having spoken of his ministry, he returns again to address the Thessalonians, that he may always commend that mutual harmony of which he has previously made mention. (537...
Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD WITHOUT CEASING,.... As for their election of God, 1 Thessalonians 1:4 so for their effectual calling by his grace, to his kingdom and glory, just now mentioned, as we...
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received _it_ not _as_ the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, whi...
_For this cause_ Or, on this account also; _thank we God without ceasing_ See on 1 Thessalonians 1:2; that is, we not only thank him that we have been enabled to conduct ourselves, and to discharge ou...
EFFECTUALLY WORKETH; leading them to repent of their sins and believe in Christ. When the truths of the Bible are received as coming from God, they will be mightily efficacious, under the influence of...
FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD WITHOUT CEASING, BECAUSE, WHEN YE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD WHICH YE HEARD OF US, YE RECEIVED IT NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN, BUT AS IT IS IN TRUTH, THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH E...
THE MANNER IN WHICH THE THESSALONIANS RECEIVED THE GOSPEL They accepted the Gospel and bore its burdens:...
We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
C. The preaching was the Word of God, 2:13-16 13 FOR THIS CAUSE ALSO THANK WE GOD WITHOUT CEASING, BECAUSE, WHEN YE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD WHICH YE HEARD OF US, YE RECEIVED [IT] NOT [AS] THE WORD O...
“AND FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO THANK GOD WITHOUT CEASING, THAT, WHEN YE RECEIVED FROM US THE WORD OF THE MESSAGE, EVEN THE WORD OF GOD, YE ACCEPTED IT NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN, BUT, AS IT IS IN TRUTH, THE...
13-16 We should receive the word of God with affections suitable to its holiness, wisdom, truth, and goodness. The words of men are frail and perishing, like themselves, and sometimes false, foolish,...
The apostle having given the reasons on his part and his fellow ministers, why the gospel had such effect upon them, he next proceeds to show the reason on their part, for which he giveth God thanks....
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‘And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message, even the word of God, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, th...
_Paul appeals to their Endurance of the Persecution in proof of the Genuine efficacy of their Reception of the Word of God._ Paul again gives thanks for the reception which the Thessalonians had accor...
1 Thessalonians 2:13. FOR THIS CAUSE, referring to what follows. His thankfulness was no doubt intensified by the apparent unlikelihood that the word of a stranger, a Jew, without wealth or influence,...
AND FOR THIS CAUSE WE ALSO (κα δια τουτο κα ημεις). Note κα twice. We as well as you are grateful for the way the gospel was received in Thessalonica.WITHOUT CEASING (αδιαλειπτως). Late adverb for...
1 Thessalonians 2:13 I. In this passage the Apostle states the evidence of the effectual working of the word in the Thessalonian converts. The change it had wrought in them was genuine, for it withsto...
CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan. CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing t...
NOT AS MAN'S MESSAGE. They had received the Good News as being the teaching of God. Since people act on the basis of what they believe, God works in those who believe his message....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN BUT AS... THE WORD OF GOD. Paul claims divine authority for his words as an apostle....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:13. THE WORD OF GOD WHICH YE HEARD OF US.—R.V. “the word of the message, even the word of God.” The preposition “_from_ us” is “properly used in rela...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless; although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1): Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica for he makes reference to...
1 John 3:3; 1 John 5:4; 1 John 5:5; 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 1:25;...
Also - we. Also may point to an expression of thanksgiving in a letter from the Thessalonians to Paul. You say "we give thanks to God." We also give thanks. Comp. ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:2. When ye rece...
THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 1 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...
Our apostle's great design, in this chapter, being to set forth the wonderful success which the preaching of the gospel had among the Thessalonians, and also to assign the causes of that success, he h...