2 Thessalonians 1:4

2 Thessalonians 1:4. So that we ourselves. The growth of the Thessalonians was not a benefit which terminated with themselves; but the apostle also shared in the advantage which accrued from it. Their growth was a commendation of his work. In them, he himself could and did boast.

In the churches of God. It is at all times right and profitable that the vigour and prosperity of one church should be known in all, both for their rebuke and for their encouragement; but it was eminently so in primitive times, when churches situated amidst a heathen population must have felt isolated and forlorn.

Your patience end faith. ‘The Thessalonians evinced faith, in its proper and usual sense, in bearing up in their tribulations and believing on Him while bearing His cross' (Ellicott).