The holy, consistent, and useful lives of Christians are a striking manifestation of the power of divine grace, in which the friends of Christ greatly rejoice, and for which they render hearty and devout thanksgiving to God.
Verse 2 Thessalonians 1:3. _YOUR FAITH GROWETH EXCEEDINGLY_] The word υπεραυξανει signifies _to grow luxuriantly_, as a good and healthy tree planted in a good soil; and if a _fruit tree_, bearing an...
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU; - See the notes on 1 Thessalonians 1:2. “As it is meet.” Since it is fit or proper. “Because that your faith groweth exceedingly.” It would seem probable from...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE REVELATION OF THE LORD JESUS FROM HEAVEN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. Salutation and thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:1)_ 2. The revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven (2 Thessa...
Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future. Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be c...
Paul and Silas and Timothy send this letter to the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Brothers, we ought always to thank God for you, as it is fitting, b...
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10)...
THANK. See 1 Thessalonians 1:2. ALWAYS. App-151. FAITH. App-150. GROWETH EXCEEDINGLY. Greek. _huperauxano._ Only here. CHARITY. love. App-135. No reference to hope as in 1 Thessalonians 1:3. EVER...
_We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren_ The case is put in the same way in ch. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ("we are bound to give thanks"), and nowhere else in St Paul. The Apostle feels himself...
§ 1. 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4. SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING...
Minuscule 17 and vg (in good copies), with Aug, omit παντων, while א* omits third ημων: in either case probably through homœteleuton, the duplicate final -ων misleading the copyist’s eye. 3. ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤ...
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DISCOURSE: 2210 THE STATE OF THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH 2 Thessalonians 1:3. We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charit...
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD, &C.— From this verse to the end of the chapter, the apostle repeats the substance and main design of the first epistle; which was, to confirm them in Christianity, and in th...
TEXT (2 Thessalonians 1:3) 3 WE ARE BOUND TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU, BRETHREN, EVEN AS IT IS MEET, FOR THAT YOUR FAITH GROWETH EXCEEDINGLY, AND THE LOVE OF EACH ONE OF YOU ALL TOWARD ONE A...
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; WE ARE BOUND, ...
While Silvanus and Timothy are associated with Paul in this salutation, the epistle is practically by Paul himself and its genuineness is attested at the close by Paul's own signature (2Th_3:17). THA...
SALUTATIONS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3. 5-C. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:17. The Coming of Chri...
THE *LORD HAS NOT COME YET 2 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE LETTER 1 THE WRITERS Like 1 Thessalonians, this letter is from Paul, Silas and Timothy. The writer of this letter used th...
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU, BRETHREN. — The thanksgiving is regarded as a positive _debt_ incurred, which it would be a dishonesty not to pay. BECAUSE. — This assigns the reason for sayi...
CHAPTER 17 SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING 2 Thessalonians 1:1 (R.V.) IN beginning to expound the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, it is necessary to say a few words by way of introduction to the bo...
περὶ ὑμῶν : Your thankless situation (4 f.) only throws into more brilliant relief your personal character and bearing under adverse circumstances. ὅτι is best represented by our colloquial “because,”...
The address (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2) is followed first by a thanksgiving (2 Thessalonians 1:3-10) which passes into a prophetic piece of consolation, and then by a brief prayer (2 T
FAITHFUL THROUGH FAITH IN A RIGHTEOUS GOD 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2 Thessalonians 1:2; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3
Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, the...
PAUL'S THANKFULNESS FOR THE CHURCH IN THESSALONICA Paul felt compelled to thank God because his prayer for the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 3:10-13) had been answered. Their faith had been lacking a...
(1) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith (a) groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; (1) The fir...
(3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; (4) So that we o...
The second epistle takes up another difficulty. It was written in view of another abuse of the truth of the Lord's coming a danger that threatened the saints. As the first epistle was intended to guar...
3_To give thanks_. He begins with commendation, that he may have occasion to pass on to exhortation, for in this way we have more success among those who have already entered upon the course, when wit...
In the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, the apostle corrects some errors into which these disciples had fallen with regard to the day of the Lord through certain false teachers; as in part of the...
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD,.... Since all blessings, temporal and spiritual, come from him: and that always: seeing he is ever giving out fresh favours, or continuing former ones; and because those, es...
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; Ver. 3. _We are bo...
_We are bound to thank God_ It is highly observable that the apostle here wraps up his praise of men in praise to God, giving him the glory of the increase of grace which was manifest in the Thessalon...
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU, BRETHREN, AS IT IS MEET, BECAUSE THAT YOUR FAITH GROWETH EXCEEDINGLY, AND THE CHARITY OF EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TOWARD EACH OTHER ABOUNDS,...
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of afflictions:...
(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
Paul often begins his letters by expressing gratitude for the faith of those to whom the epistle is addressed. Their faith was growing exceedingly. They showed love for each other. 4. Paul rejoices i...
“WE ARE BOUND TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD ALWAYS TO YOU, BRETHREN, EVEN AS IT IS MEET, FOR THAT YOUR FAITH GROWTH EXCEEDINGLY, AND THE LOVE OF EACH ONE OF YOU ALL TOWARD ONE ANOTHER ABOUNDETH” “Are bound”:...
1-4 Where there is the truth of grace, there will be an increase of it. The path of the just is as the shining light, which shines more and more unto the perfect day. And where there is the increase...
OLBGrk; The apostle begins this Epistle as the former, with thanksgiving; only there he gave thanks for their faith, hope, and love, here he only mentions their faith and love; there for the efficacy...
We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet [just], _for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth_ [Pau...
2 Thessalonians 1:3 bound G3784 (G5719) thank G2168 (G5721) God G2316 always G3842 for G4012 you G5216
‘We are bound to give thanks to God always, brothers and sisters, even as it is meet, for that your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds.' Again we...
_Salutation Thanksgiving for the Faith of the Thessalonian Church under Persecution, Assurance of Compensation, and Prayer for the perfecting of their Faith._ Paul informs the Thessalonians of the emo...
2 Thessalonians 1:3. Paul mentioned in his First Epistle (1 Thessalonians 3:9-13) that he ceaselessly prayed for the Thessalonians; he now acknowledges that his prayers were answered. We are as much b...
WE ARE BOUND (οφειλομεν). Paul feels a sense of obligation to keep on giving thanks to God (ευχαριστειν τω θεω, present infinitive with dative case) because of God's continued blessings on the Thess...
2 Thessalonians 1:1 I. This Epistle opens with the mention of the same Apostolic group as does the first. Paul was not alone: Silvanus and Timotheus were still with him in closest fellowship of toil a...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians_ Paul loved to associate his fellow-workers with himself when writing to his brethren and sisters in Chri...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord J...
CONTENTS: Believer's comfort in persecution. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Silvanus, Timothy. CONCLUSION: The patient suffering of believers for Christ's sake, is a manifest token that they are wor...
2 Thessalonians 1:1. _Paul, and Silvanus,_ [the Roman name of Silas] _and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ._ The inscription is the same as in...
WE MUST THANK GOD AT ALL TIMES FOR YOU. In 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13, Paul says he spoke to God _day and night_ about them. Here he shows that his prayers were answered. Paul's messenger had come back wi...
_Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus (see _1 Thessalonians 1:1_)--The company which despatched the First Epistle had not yet broken up._ This proves that the Second Epistle was written before the end of t...
2 THESSALONIANS 1:3 Thanksgiving and Comfort for the Persecuted Thessalonians. In Greek, vv. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 are one long sentence expressing Paul’s gratefulness and words of encouragement
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 2 Thessalonians 1:3. WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD.—We owe a debt of gratitude to God. It is not so much what is seemly that comes into prominence here, as what is due. EV...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had received of the increase of the faith and love of his...
Paul had come to Thessalonica with the gospel of Jesus Christ from Philippi where, as the result of his preaching, he had been imprisoned, beaten and really ordered out of the city. There in Thessalon...
1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:3;...
We are bound - as it is meet. The accumulation of cognate expressions indicates the apostle's earnestness. Groweth exceedingly [υ π ε ρ α υ ξ α ν ε ι]. N. T. o. See on 1 Thessalonians 3:10....
It is highly observable, that the apostle wraps up his praise of men in praise to God; giving him the glory. Your faith groweth — Probably he had heard from them since his sending the former letter. A...
Observe here, 1. The holy wisdom and pious prudence of our apostle, who being about to magnify and extol the graces of the Spirit wrought in the Thessalonians, particularly their faith and charity, in...