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Verse 1 Thessalonians 3:3. _THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED_] That is,
caused to apostatize from Christianity.
_WE ARE APPOINTED THEREUNTO._] εις τουτο κειμεθα. _We
are_ _exposed to this, we lie open to...
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THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED - The word rendered “moved”
(σαίνω sainō) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It
properly means to wag, to move to and fro, as of dogs which wag their
tails in fond...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
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NO MAN. Greek. _medeia._
MOVED: or, agitated. Greek. _saino._ Only here.
AFFLICTIONS. Greek. _thlipsis._ See 1 Thessalonians 1:6.
KNOW. App-132.
ARE APPOINTED. Literally lie. Greek. _keimai._ Compa...
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_that no_man _should be moved by these afflictions_ Better, THAT NO
MAM BE MOVED (R. V.). "Objective sentence, explaining and specifying
the subject-matter of the exhortation" (Ellicott). "That" means...
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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...
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ΤΟ (ΣΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ) in all uncials. G has the Latinism ινα;
latt vg, _ut nemo moveatur_.
3. ΤῸ ΜΗΔΈΝΑ ΣΑΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ
ΘΛΊΨΕΣΙΝ ΤΑΎΤΑΙΣ. _To wit, that no one be shaken in
mind_ (or _befooled) amid these...
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§ 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...
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FOR YOURSELVES KNOW— Here seems to be a particular allusion to Acts
9:15; Acts 20:23. What Apostles, prophets, and even common Christians
were to expect in the world, see Matthew 10:34....
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:3-4)
3 THAT NO MAN BE MOVED _BY_ THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW
THAT HEREUNTO WE ARE APPOINTED. 4 FOR VERILY, WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU,
WE TOLD YOU BEFOREHAND THAT WE ARE...
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know
that we are appointed thereunto.
MOVED - `shaken.' [ Sainesthai (G4525) is said of dogs wagging the
tail in fawning on one.] Ti...
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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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THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS
1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
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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 3
WHY THEY SENT TIMOTHY 3:1-5
V1 When we could wait no l...
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MOVED, or more literally, _seduced._ The very peculiar word in the
original means, in the first instance, the _fawning_ of an animal upon
its master: then, through the intermediate sense of “wheedling...
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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...
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to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
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_Cf._ Artemid., _Oneirocritica_ ii. 11, ἀλλότριοι δὲ
κύνες σαίνοντες μὲν δόλους καὶ
ἐνέδρας ὑπὸ πονηρῶν ἀνδρῶν [_cf._ 2
Thessalonians 3:2] ἢ γυναικῶν [_cf._ Acts 17:4]
σημαίνουσιν....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (1) for yourselves
know that we are appointed thereunto.
(1) The will of God, who calls his own on this condition, to bring
them to glory by afflicti...
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_That we are appointed thereunto. That is, meet with trials and
troubles in this world, as our Saviour Christ foretold. (Witham)_...
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(3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves
know that we are appointed thereunto. (4) For verily, when we were
with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;...
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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_For ye yourselves know_. As all would gladly exempt themselves from
the necessity of bearing the cross, Paul teaches that there is no
reason why believers should feel dismayed on occasion of persecu...
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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...
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THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS,.... Which the
apostle endured for the sake of preaching the Gospel among them, and
which he feared might be a means of troubling their minds, of shaki...
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know
that we are appointed thereunto.
Ver. 3. _That no man should be moved_] Gr. σαινεσθαι,
flattered, as a dog flattereth, by moving...
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BE MOVED; be led to renounce his religion on account of the trials to
which it exposed him.
WE ARE APPOINTED; it is a part of God's gracious plan that his people
in this world should suffer trials. C...
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THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW
THAT WE ARE APPOINTED THERE UNTO....
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VARIOUS PROOFS OF PAUL'S LOVE FOR THE THESSALONIANS
He sent Timothy to them as his representative:...
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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...
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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...
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“THAT NO MAN BE MOVED BY THESE AFFLICTIONS; FOR YOURSELVES KNOW THAT
HERE UNTO WE ARE APPOINTED”
“That”: The hoped for end result of Timothy's mission. “NO
MAN”: God is concerned about the salvation...
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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...
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The apostle had mentioned before his great afflictions, and they knew
well what he himself had suffered both at Thessalonica and Berea, ACTS
17:1, and therefore might fear they might hereupon be shake...
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that no man [of you] _be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves
know that hereunto we are appointed_. ["We" refers to all Christians,
and Theophylact sagely remarks, "Let all Christians hear this....
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1 Thessalonians 3:3 one G3367 shaken G4525 (G5745) by G1722 these
G5025 afflictions G2347 for G1063 yourselves...
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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...
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1 Thessalonians 3:3. FOR YOURSELVES KNOW. Expected tribulations can be
no trial to faith, however they may try our sincerity and integrity.
From the first God declares to His people that they may coun...
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_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....
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THAT NO MAN BE MOVED
(το μηδενα σαινεσθα). Epexegetical articular
infinitive in accusative case of general reference. Σαινω is old
word to wag the tail, to flatter, beguile and this sense suits her...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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SO THAT NONE OF YOU SHOULD TURN BACK. Persecution placed terrific
pressures on the Christian. "Turning back" to the world would
eliminate these pressures, but bring God's wrath. SUCH PERSECUTIONS
ARE...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 3:3 Paul sent Timothy to
strengthen the persecuted Thessalonians (see 2 Thessalonians 1:5). we
are destined
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
1 Thessalonians 3:3. THAT NO MAN SHOULD BE MOVED.—The word seems to
imply “moved to softness,” as Professor Jowett intimates. It is
used especially of the motion of a...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 4:12;...
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Moved [σ α ι ν ε σ θ α ι]. N. T. o o LXX In Class., as early
as Homer, of dogs; to wag the tail, fawn (Hom. Obadiah 1:10; Obadiah
1:217; Obadiah 1:16; Obadiah 1:
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We are appointed hereto — Are in every respect laid in a fit posture
for it, by the very design and contrivance of God himself for the
trial and increase of our faith and all other graces. He gives ri...
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As if the apostle had said, "One great end why. have sent Timothy
among you is this, lest either upon the account of your own
afflictions, or my sufferings, you should be moved from your
stedfastness,...