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Verse 1 Thessalonians 1:3. _YOUR WORK OF FAITH_] This verse contains
a very high character of the believers at Thessalonica. They had
FAITH, not _speculative_ and _indolent_, but _true, sound_, and
_...
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REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING - Remembering your faith and love whenever
we pray. This is not to be understood literally, but it is language
such as we use respecting anything that interests us much. It...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS
AND ITS BLESSED CONDITION
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. Greetings and thanksgiving 1 Thessalonians 1:1)_
2. The gospel and its blessed fruits 1 Thessalon...
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THANKSGIVING FOR THE PAST. As in all his epistles except Gal., Paul
commences with a paragraph of congratulation, singling out for special
praise the work of faith, the labour of love, and the patienc...
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LOVE'S INTRODUCTION (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10) Paul and Silas and
Timothy send this letter to the church of the Thessalonians which is
in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be to you and
pe...
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WITHOUT CEASING. Greek. _adialeiptos._ Only here, 1Th 2:13. 1
Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 1:9.
OF. proceeding from. Genitive of origin. App-17.; or, it may be
Genitive of character. App-17., and would...
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_remembering without ceasing … in the sight of God and our Father_
Standing ever in the presence of God, the witness of all his thoughts,
St Paul bears with him unceasingly the remembrance of what he...
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3. The reading ΤΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ … τον κοπον … την
υπομονην, of D*, exhibits the carelessness of Western
transcribers; G has the accusative throughout. _et laboris et
caritatis_ (as if τ. κοπου και τ. αγαπης)...
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§ 2. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10. Thanksgiving for the Thessalonian Church
This εὐχαριστία is one long sentence spun out in a
continuous thread (cf. Ephesians 1:3-14; and see _Introd._ p. lix.).
It affords...
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DISCOURSE: 2191
TRUE PIETY DESCRIBED
1 Thessalonians 1:2. _We give thanks to God always for you all, making
mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work
of faith, and labour o...
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YOUR WORK OF FAITH, &C.— Some translate it, _Your faithful work, and
loving labour, and patient hope._ Others join the last clause with the
first words of the verse, _Without ceasing remembering in th...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 1:3)
3 REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING YOUR WORK OF FAITH AND LABOR OF LOVE AND
PATIENCE OF HOPE IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BEFORE OUR GOD AND FATHER;
Translation and Paraphrase
3....
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love,
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and
our Father;
WORK OF FAITH - the working reality of your fa...
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PAUL'S THANKSGIVING
2 This is the pattern pastoral epistle. Paul's deep concern leads him
to constant prayer for them, for he knows their need and has been torn
from them before it was possible for h...
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SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING
1. Salutation. For Silvanus (Silas) see Acts 15:22; Acts 16:20; Acts
16:37; Acts 16:38. Timothy was one of St. Paul's most const
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WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES
1 THE THESSALONIANS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THE LETTER
1. THE WRITERS
This letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy. From these three, the
*apostle Paul was the main author....
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FAITH... LOVE... HOPE. — in this first of his writings, St. Paul has
already fixed upon the three great _abiding_ principles (1 Corinthians
13:13) of the Christian life, and the forms in which they ma...
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CHAPTER 2
THE THANKSGIVING.
1 Thessalonians 1:2 (R.V.)
THE salutation in St. Paul's epistles is regularly followed by the
thanksgiving. Once only, in the Epistle to the Galatians, is it
omitted; the...
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ἀδιαλ. Neither distance nor fresh interests make any difference
to his affection; his life is bound up with their welfare; his source
of happiness is their Christian well-being (_cf._ 1 Thessalonians...
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_Thanksgiving for the origin and achievements of the church_.
1 Thessalonians 1:2. Whenever Paul was at his prayers, he remembered
his friends at Thessalonica; and whenever he recalled them his first...
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IMITATORS AND EXAMPLES
1 Thessalonians 1:1
This chapter abounds in thanksgiving; and the Apostle recites the many
beautiful and hopeful traits of character and behavior by which the
members of this C...
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This letter was intended as a message of comfort and instruction to
those who were in the midst of persecution. In writing, the apostle
associated himself with Silas and Timothy. He commenced by refer...
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THANKING GOD FOR THE THESSALONIANS
When Paul prayed, he thanked God for all of the brethren at
Thessalonica. He knew the persecution that church had endured almost
from its beginning, so he may have b...
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(2) Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of
love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of
God and our Father;
(2) He commends them for three special gifts...
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The apostle praises the Thessalonians for the progress they had made
in the theological virtues [of faith, hope, and charity], and
enumerates the profit they had derived from each. Their _faith had
pr...
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(1) В¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the
Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord...
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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...
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3_Unceasingly remembering you_. While the adverb _unceasingly _might
be taken in connection with what goes before, it suits better to
connect it in this manner. What follows might also be rendered in...
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The apostle, in declaring (as was his custom) that which he felt
respecting them the aspect in which they appeared to his heart and
mind, speaks neither of gifts, as to the Corinthians, nor of the gra...
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REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING,.... The phrase "without ceasing", is, by
the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, joined to the last
clause of the preceding verse; and the remembrance the apostl...
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love,
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and
our Father;
Ver. 3. _Remembering without ceasing_] A good me...
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_We give thanks_, &c. From hence to 1 Thessalonians 3:13, we have the
chief object of this epistle, which was to comfort, strengthen, and
establish the Christians at Thessalonica, and induce them to p...
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WORK OF FAITH; work which has faith for its source, and is therefore
itself an exercise of faith. So the following expression, LABOR OF
LOVE, is to be understood.
PATIENCE; the steadfast endurance of...
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REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING YOUR WORK OF FAITH AND LABOR OF LOVE AND
PATIENCE OF HOPE IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND OUR
FATHER;...
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INTRODUCTION AND THANKSGIVING....
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Only in the two epistles to the Thessalonians does Paul include the
names of his two co-workers, Silas and Timothy, in his addressing
them. Also only in these does he refrain from designating himself...
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II. Review of the history of the Thessalonian church, 1:2-10
A. Their faithfulness, 1:2-3
2 WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU ALL, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN
OUR PRAYERS;
3 Remembering without cea...
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“remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love
and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and
Father”
“Remembering”: “Present active” _(Robertson p. 7)._ “We
neve...
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1-5 As all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by
sinners, but from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected
from God, as our Father, for the sake of Christ. We should pray, not...
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OLBGrk;
REMEMBERING WITHOUT CEASING; the occasion of his constant
thanksgivings was his constant remembering of that grace of God that
did so abound and work powerfully in them, not as if he had alway...
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remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father
[Paul thanked God for the church at Thessalonica for its evide...
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1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering G3421 (G5723) ceasing G89 your G5216
work G2041 faith G4102 G2532 labor G2873
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‘We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and
labour of love, and patient endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Chr...
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1 Thessalonians 1:3. WORK OF FAITH, _i.e._ that which faith does or
effects; its fruit or product. Every living thing, plant or animal,
has its specific product or work, its thing to do. That which fa...
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_Paul thankfully acknowledges the Genuineness and Striking
Characteristics of the Conversion of the Thessalonians_
It is merely for convenience' sake the first three Chapter s are
divided. They really...
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REMEMBERING
(μνημονευοντες). Present active participle of old verb
from adjective μνημων (mindful) and so to call to mind, to be
mindful of, used either with the accusative as in 1 Thessalonians 2:...
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WORK OF FAITH
Literally, operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled
patience....
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1 Thessalonians 1:1
I. Here we have the apostolic greeting in its most usual form grace
and peace a blending of the ordinary Greek and Hebrew modes of
salutation, "the union of Asiatic repose and Euro...
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1 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord
Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father...
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CONTENTS: The model church. Three tenses of the Christian life.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy.
CONCLUSION: Those who have embraced the full Gospel, as proclaimed by
t...
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1 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul and Silvanus._ The latter is so denominated
in other passages of scripture, that being the name by which he was
known to the gentiles. 2 Corinthians 1:19; 2 Thessalonians 1:...
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FOR WE REMEMBER. Remembering these good things was a habit. HOW YOU
PUT YOUR FAITH INTO PRACTICE. Faith itself is a good work (John 6:29).
HOW YOUR LOVE MADE YOU WORK SO HARD. This implies working har...
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_We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in
our prayers _
MINISTERIAL THANKSGIVING
I. Is expansive in its character. It is our duty to be grateful for
personal benefits, but...
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Remembering without ceasing your work of faith
THE THREE GRACES AT WORK
I. The work of faith. Faith is an active principle, and St. James has
dealt with it as such, and told Antinomians of every age...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 1:3 FAITH... LOVE... HOPE. A
common Pauline pattern (see 1 Thessalonians 5:8;...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 1:2 Thanksgiving and
Encouragement. It is typical for Paul to include a word of
thanksgiving near the beginning of his letters ...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 1:3. WORK OF FAITH, AND LABOUR OF LOVE, AND PATIENCE
OF HOPE.—The famous three sister-graces familiar to us from St.
Paul’s other letters. As Bengel sa...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, testifies that he
renders constant thanks to God for the Thessalonians, calling to
remembrance their faith, love, and hope, being assured o...
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Let's turn to first Thessalonians. Paul, the apostle, on his second
missionary journey had taken Silas with him, who was commended by the
church in Jerusalem as one of the leaders. When they got to De...
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1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 John
3:18;...
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Without ceasing [α δ ι α λ ε ι π τ ω ς]. P o. In LXX see 1
Macc. 7 11; 2 Macc. 3 26; 9 4; 8 12; 14 7; 3 Maccvi. 33. Should be
construed with making mention, not with remembering, as A. V. and Rev.
The...
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THE MODEL CHURCH
1 Thessalonians 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
On this earth we may expect to find no church model in all things.
Even the Twelve had a traitor, and yet they were nourished and taught
by t...
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Remembering in the sight of God — That is, praising him for it. Your
work of faith — Your active, ever — working faith. And labour of
love — Love continually labouring for the bodies or souls of men....