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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

1 Thessalonians 5:27

1 Thessalonians 5:27. I charge you by the Lord. Why this vehemence of adjuration? Was there a danger that the letter would not be read? No better reason can be given than that Paul's affectionate anxiety for the spiritual welfare of his converts broke out in this earnest request that his counsels should be delivered to them all. It is, however, matter of congratulation that in this, the first of Paul's extant Epistles, there should occur this urgent injunction that what he had written should be publicly read. Bengel remarks that what Paul so urgently enjoined is precisely that which the Church of Rome as earnestly prohibits.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

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