McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
1 Thessalonians 3:1
Wherefore when we [by this plural Paul means himself only] could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
Wherefore when we [by this plural Paul means himself only] could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
CHAPTER III. _St Paul informs them how, being hindered himself from visiting_ _them, he had sent Timothy to comfort them, of whom he gives a_ _high character_, 1, 2. _Shows that trials and difficu...
WHEREFORE - See 1 Thessalonians 2:18. This particle (διὸ dio) is designed here to refer to another proof of his affection for them. One evidence had been referred to in his strong desire to visit the...
III. AFFLICTIONS AND COMFORT CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Timotheus, Paul's messenger 1 Thessalonians 3:1)_ 2. His return with good tidings and the apostle's comfort and joy 1 Thessalonians 3:6) 3. This earnest...
THE MISSION OF TIMOTHY TO THESSALONICA. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon him b...
THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
So, when we could not stand it any longer, we made up our minds to be left all alone in Athens, and we sent Timothy our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen you and enco...
WHEN, &C. = no longer bearing it, i.e. able to bear it. NO LONGER. Greek. _meketi._ FORBEAR. bear. See 1 Corinthians 9:12. THOUGHT IT GOOD. were well pleased. Same as "were willing" (1 Thessalonian...
section iv St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 to 1 Thessalonians 3:13 The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden and characteristic b...
_Wherefore when we could no longer forbear_ WHEREFORE (i.e. because of our longing to see you) NO LONGER BEARING IT (the frustration of our attempts to return to Thessalonica). "Bear" is the same word...
§ 5. 1 Thessalonians 2:17 TO 1 Thessalonians 3:5. The Separation of the Apostles from their Converts After the pause for thanksgiving to God, which in its turn led up to the stern denunciation of Jewi...
1. For ΔΙΟ Β has the impossible διοτι, probably through transcriptional assimilation to μηκετι. ΗΥΔΟΚΗΣΑΜΕΝ, in אBP. Cf. ηυδοκουμεν, the reading of B in 1 Thessalonians 2:8; also Romans 15:26-27;...
ΔΙΌ (G1352) потому, ради этого; "из-за этого пылкого желания, которое я не был способен удовлетворить" (Lightfoot, Notes). ΜΗΚΈΤΙ (G3371) больше не. ΣΤΈΓΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΣΤΈΓΩ (G4722) по...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:1) 1 WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT BEHIND AT ATHENS ALONE; Translation and Paraphrase 1. Wherefore (on account of your being so de...
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; WHEREFORE - because of our earnest love to you (1 Thessalonians 2:17), and our having been "hindered"; goi...
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 APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
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 3 WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5 V1 When we could wait no l...
III. (1) WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR. — The Greek word contains the metaphor of a vessel over-full and bursting with its contents. “We_”_ must be understood here by the limitation of 1 Thessalonians 2:...
CHAPTER 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the Jews to the gospel, and in the verses before us...
μηκ., instead of οὐκ., to bring out the personal motive. στέγοντες “able to bear” (_cf._ Philo, _Flacc._, § 9, μηκέτι στέγειν δυνάμενοι τὰς ἐνδείας), sc. the anxiety of 1 Thessalonians 2:11 f. ἐν Ἀ. μ...
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
AWAKENING THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION 1 Thessalonians 3:1 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as _a fellow-worker with God_. What a wonderful phrase, and yet i...
The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed suf...
PAUL'S CONCERN FOR THEIR FAITH Because he had been forced to leave Thessalonica and prevented from returning, he reached a point where his concern for the church made him decide to be left in Athens a...
_Forbearing no longer. That is, not being able to be at rest, for not seeing you, nor hearing concerning you. (Witham) --- Not bearing to be any longer uncertain and uninformed of your constancy, amid...
CONTENTS This is a short but interesting Chapter. Every Verse is expressive of the Apostle's Love for the Church. Amidst his Sufferings, he finds Comforts in their Soul-prosperity....
(1) В¶ Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; (2) And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Chris...
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...
1_Wherefore, when we could no longer endure_. By the detail which follows, he assures them of the desire of which he had spoken. For if, on being detained elsewhere, he had sent no other to Thessaloni...
Now this forced removal of the apostle as the chief labourer, without weakening the bond between him and the disciples, formed other links which would consolidate and strengthen the assembly, knitting...
WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR,.... Or "bear", as the word properly signifies; or "bear that", as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, "that desire", as the Arabic version renders it; that...
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Ver. 1. _No longer forbear_] στεγοντες, or, stand under our burden of vehement desire after you. See a like e...
_When we could no longer forbear_ Or _bear_, rather, namely, our anxiety on your account. The word στεγοντες, here used, literally signifies _bearing_ or _carrying_, but never _forbearing._ Some such...
NO LONGER FORBEAR; so desirous was he of hearing from them, that he could not consistently wait any longer....
VARIOUS PROOFS OF PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE THESSALONIANS He sent Timothy to them as his representative:...
WHEREFORE, WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE;...
Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time (Acts 17:1), he sent word for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15). Evid...
Timothy sent to help them, 3:1-5 1 WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT AT ATHENS ALONE; 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlab...
“WHEREFORE WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR, WE THOUGHT IT GOOD TO BE LEFT BEHIND AT ATHENS ALONE” “Wherefore”: Connecting this section back to the previous verses. “The sense of verse. is: In view o...
1-5 The more we find pleasure in the ways of God, the more we shall desire to persevere therein. The apostle's design was to establish and comfort the Thessalonians as to the object of their faith, t...
OLBGrk; 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 3 1 THESSALONIANS 3:1 The apostle showeth that out of his great care for the Thessalonians he had sent Timothy to comfort and strengthen them in the faith, 1 THESSALONI...
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‘Wherefore when we could not longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister (or fellow worker) in the Good News of Christ, to establish...
_Paul describes the Feelings he had towards the Thessalonians after he had left them._ This paragraph is remarkable chiefly as a manifestation of the ardent affection which Paul felt for his churches....
1 Thessalonians 3:1. WHEREFORE. Because of our vehement but thwarted desire to see you. WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR. When the longing to see or at least to hear of you became uncontrollable. TO...
WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR (μηκετ στεγοντες). Στεγω is old verb to cover from στεγη, roof (Mark 2:4), to cover with silence, to conceal, to keep off, to endure as here and 1 Corinthians 9:12; 1...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 I. The purpose of Timothy's mission to the Thessalonians was to establish, to make them steadfast in the midst of persecution, to make them rooted and grounded in love, to make the...
CONTENTS: The model Christian brotherhood. The sanctification of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Timothy. CONCLUSION: It is easy for the servant of Christ to bear afflictions or persecut...
1 Thessalonians 3:1. _Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear,_ seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athens....
WE COULD NOT BEAR IT ANY LONGER. He felt like a father separated from his children. Satan had made it impossible for Paul to go to them (1 Thessalonians 2:18). So, he will stay in Athens and send some...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 3:1 Paul sent Timothy because he could no longer endure not knowing how the Thessalonians were doing. Sending Timothy was a sacrifice for Paul. It shows deep pa...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:1. WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER FORBEAR.—This latter word occurs in 1 Corinthians 13:7 to describe the endurance of love. 1 Thessalonians
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens, and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting them to en...
WHEREFORE when we could no longer forbear, we thought it would be good to be left at Athens alone; And we sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ...
1 Thessalonians 2:17; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 11:29; 2 Corinthians 11:30;...
Forbear [σ τ ε γ ο ν τ ε ς]. Lit. no longer forbearing. See on 1 Corinthians 9:12; LXX, Sir. 8 17. For Class. parall. Soph. O. 100 15; Elec. 1118; Eurip. Hippol. 844; Ion 1412. He means that his longi...
We — Paul and Silvanus. Could bear no longer — Our desire and fear for you....
At the latter end of the foregoing chapter, St. Paul acquainted the Thessalonians with his desires and intentions to come once and again unto them, but was always providentially hindered. Now here he...