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1 THESSALONIANS 2:12 kalou/ntoj {B}
Apparently under the influence of Galatians 1:6 the Textus Receptus
adopted the aorist tense kale,santoj, with a...
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Verse 12. _THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD_] That they should, in
every respect, act up to their high calling, that it would not be a
reproach to the God of holiness to acknowledge them as his sons...
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THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD ... - That you would live in such a
manner as would honor God, who has chosen you to be his friends;
notes, Ephesians 4:1. A child “walks worthy of a parent” when he
l...
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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...
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PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his
opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his
followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
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PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
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You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no
effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and
ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
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THAT, &C. = With. view to (App-104.) your walking.
HATH Omit.
CALLED. Some texts read "calleth".
HIS. His own.
KINGDOM. See App-112.114....
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_that ye would walk worthy of God_ Better, IN ORDER THAT YE SHOULD,
and WORTHILY (R. V.) "Walk" is the common Hebrew and O.T. figure for
the conduct of life.
It was _God's_message the apostles of Chr...
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section ii
The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12
_Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica
had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
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ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΙΝ, in all pre-Syrian witnesses. The
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΗΣΑΙ of Ephesians 4:1; Colossians 1:10, may have
determined the Syrian reading here.
καλεσαντος: אA, six minuscc., f vg (_qui vocavit_) syrr cop
sah...
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11, 12. ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ὩΣ ἝΝΑ ἝΚΑΣΤΟΝ …
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ κ.τ.λ. The ὡς …
παρακαλοῦντες sentence is not completed, and ἕνα
ἕκαστον remains in suspense, an object with no verb to govern
it. The participia...
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§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at
Thessalonica
The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian
worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
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DISCOURSE: 2195
THE DUTY OF THOSE WHO ARE CALLED
1 Thessalonians 2:11. _Ye know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would
walk worthy of...
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THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD,— How much does the Apostle insist
upon holiness of heart and life in all professed Christians! He urged
the converted heathens to piety, purity, and virtue, from the...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12)
11 AS YE KNOW HOW WE _DEALT WITH_ EACH ONE OF YOU, AS A FATHER WITH
HIS OWN CHILDREN, EXHORTING YOU, AND ENCOURAGING _YOU,_ AND
TESTIFYING, 12 TO THE END THAT YE SHOULD...
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That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.
WORTHY OF GOD - "worthy of the Lord" (Colossians 1:10); 'worthily of
the saints' (Romans 16:2, Greek); " ... of the...
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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...
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2:12 calls (a-9) Or 'the God who calls you.' but neither gives exactly
the Greek, because 'of God, who calls' makes God stand by himself as
such; and 'the God who calls' makes the calling too distinct...
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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...
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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...
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HATH CALLED. — The right reading is, _was calling,_ which has been
altered because of the slight theological difficulty, on the analogy
of Galatians 1:6, etc. The call is not simply a momentary act, b...
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CHAPTER 5
_ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_
1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.)
OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain
little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
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An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
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ἀξίως in this connection (see references) was a familiar ethnic
phrase. C. Michel (in his _Recueil d'inscriptions grecques_, 1900,
266, 413) quotes two pre-Christian instances with τῶν θεῶν.
εἰς τὸ, κ...
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THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR
1 Thessalonians 2:1
Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate
desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants
of God have s...
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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...
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THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR
Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his
very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches
the gospel with the ri...
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(10) That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his
kingdom and glory.
(10) To exhort all men diligently and earnestly to lead a godly life....
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(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that
it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before,
and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
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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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12_Exhorted_. He shews with what earnestness he devoted himself to
their welfare, for he relates that in preaching to them respecting
piety towards God and the duties of the Christian life, it had not...
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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...
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THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD,.... In imitation of him; not of his
perfections, which are inimitable, but of his works; and these not of
his power and wisdom, but those of kindness and beneficence,...
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That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom
and glory.
Ver. 12. _Walk worthy of God_] Whose livery we wear, whose image we
bear, whose kingdom we are called unto, &c. Those...
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_Ye remember, brethren, our labour_ In the ministerial work; _and
travail_ Μοχθον, _toil_, in our secular employment; _for
labouring night and day_, &c. It seems they often took from the rest
of the n...
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Paul's unselfish devotion:...
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THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD, WHO HATH CALLED YOU UNTO HIS KINGDOM
AND GLORY.
The apostle is still carrying out the thought of 1 Thessalonians 2:1.
that his coming to Thessalonica had not been in...
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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...
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B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12
5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A
CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
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“TO THE END THAT YE SHOULD WALK WORTHILY OF GOD, WHO CALLETH YOU
INTO HIS OWN KINGDOM AND GLORY”
“To the end”: All such teaching, warning and encouragement was
directed towards the goal of walking w...
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7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most
conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the
gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fa...
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OLBGrk;
In the Greek text the word _charged, _ mentioned in the former verse,
begins this verse; marturomenoi, it signifies testifying: some read
it, we obtested, which is as much as beseeching; other...
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to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into
his own kingdom and glory. [As those who are called to an honor owe it
to the one calling them to walk worthy of the honor, so the...
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Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity
For it is our duty so to walk in the Lord's discipline as is
"worthy,"[58]
Cyprian Epistle LXXX
For what could happen to me more desirable and more joyful than...
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1 Thessalonians 2:12 G2532 that G1519 you G5209 walk G4043 (G5658)
worthy G516 God G2316 calls G2564
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‘You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and
unblameably we behaved ourselves towards you who believe, as you know
how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own child...
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_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to
his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while
resident among them._
In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
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1 Thessalonians 2:12. THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD. This was the
object of Paul's exhortations. He found that men could profess to
accept God's calling and yet live very much as they had done befo...
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TO THE END THAT
(εις το). Final use of εις and the articular infinitive,
common idiom in the papyri and Paul uses εις to and the infinitive
fifty times (see again in 1 Thessalonians 3:2), some fina...
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
There are two points to be noted here in this comparison instituted by
Paul between his conduct and that of a father.
I. He could say, as a wise father suits his dealings, both i...
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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...
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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...
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WHO CALLS YOU TO SHARE. This is God's offer through Jesus Christ. The
Kingdom is visible on earth as the church (the messianic community).
See Colossians 1:13....
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10 KINGDOM AND GLORY. At
Jesus’ second coming, Christians will enjoy the full benefits of
God’s kingdom....
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he
said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in
Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionari
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 2:9. LABOUR AND TRAVAIL.—The same words occur
together at 2 Corinthians 11:27. The former is used some twenty times,
the latter only three in the New T...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 1:15;...
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Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι ν]. By Paul exclusively in the
metaphorical sense of behaving or conducting one's self. Similarly in
Hebrews. In the Synoptic Gospels, with one exception (Mark 7:5), of
the phy...
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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...
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To his kingdom here, and glory hereafter....