Verse 11. Now God himself and our Father] That is: God who is our Father, who has adopted us into the heavenly family, and called us his sons and daughters.
Direct our way] As he was employed in God's work he dared not consult his own inclinations, he looked for continual directions from God, where, when, and how to do his Master's work.
NOW GOD HIMSELF - This is evidently a prayer. He earnestly sought of God that he might be permitted to visit them, and that he would so prepare the way that he might do it. AND OUR FATHER - Even our F...
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...
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...
May he who is our God and Father and the Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you. May the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love to each other and to all men, even as we do towards you, in o...
THE PASTOR AND HIS FLOCK (1 Thessalonians 3:1-10)...
FATHER. App-98. LORD. App-98. JESUS CHRIST. App-98. but the texts omit "Christ" here and 1 Thessalonians 3:13. DIRECT. Greek. _kateuthuno._ Here; 2 Thessalonians 3:5.Luke 1
_Now God himself and our Father_ NOW MAY OUR GOD AND FATHER HIMSELF (comp. ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:3), AND OUR LORD JESUS (R. V.). For this title of Christ, see notes on ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:15;...
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...
11. χριστος supplements Ο ΚΥΡΙΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in DCGKL: a characteristic Western and Syrian addition; see note on 1 Thessalonians 2:19 above. 11. ΑΥ̓ΤῸΣ ΔῈ Ὁ ΘΕῸΣ ΚΑῚ ΠΑΤῊΡ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ἸΗΣ...
§ 6. 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13. The Good News brought by Timothy Timothy has just returned from Thessalonica; and his report is entirely reassuring (1 Thessalonians 3:6), so that it gives new life to Pau...
ПО поводу происхождения и формы посреднических молитв о желаниях _см._ PIP, 22-44. ΑΥΤΌΣ ΔΈ теперь (Бог) Сам. Хоть это и общепринятая форма литургического обращения, Павел придал ей новое звучание, о...
DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.— This prayer of St. Paul was heard, and his request granted; for he had an opportunity to go over Macedonia again once or twice, and to _give them much exhortation,_ Acts 20:1...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 3:11) 11 NOW MAY OUR GOD AND FATHER HIMSELF, AND OUR LORD JESUS, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU: Translation and Paraphrase 11. But (now) may our God and Father himself, and our Lo...
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 'May God Himself, even our Father (there being but one article, requires, "He who is at once God and our Father")...
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...
3:11 himself, (a-6) The one article in Greek refers 'God and Father' to one person, without necessarily referring 'our' to more than Father, which it follows in Greek. 'Now may himself [who is] God an...
THE APOSTLE'S ANXIETY ABOUT HIS CONVERTS 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'...
The verb is in the singular, emphasising the reference to Christ, who is also called 'the Lord' in 1 Thessalonians 3:12. The keynote of these Epistles is again struck at the concluding words of the pr...
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...
GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER. — Better, _our God and Father Himself._ If we are to find any special person with whom the word “Himself” is intended to enforce a contrast, the contrast is probably not so...
CHAPTER 8 LOVE AND PRAYERS 1 Thessalonians 3:6 (R.V.) THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They illustrate the remark of Bengel that the First Epistle to the Thessalonians i...
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...
to 1 Thessalonians 3:13. Paul's _apologia pro absentia suâ_....
κατευθύναι (optative), as already (Acts 16:8-10; Acts 17:1). The singular (_cf._ II., 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17) implies that God and Jesus count as one in this connection. The verb is common (_e.g._, E...
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...
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...
PAUL'S PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH IN THESSALONICA Paul's prayer, directed to the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, clearly shows he thought Jesus was God too. Such is emphasized by the singular verb being...
(11) В¶ Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. (12) And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we...
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...
11_Now God himself_. He now prays that the Lord, having removed Satan’s obstructions, may open a door for himself, and be, as it were, the leader and director of his way to the Thessalonians. By this...
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...
NOW GOD HIMSELF, AND OUR FATHER,.... The Oriental versions leave out the copulative "and", and read, "God himself, our Father" the first person in the Trinity, who is God himself, truly and properly s...
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. Ver. 11. _Now God himself. &c._] At the very mentioning of prayer, he falls a praying. Good affections soon kindle...
_What thanks can we render to God_ That is, what sufficient thanks; _for you_ On account of your perseverance; _for all the joy_ That I have thereby such unfeigned cause of rejoicing; so that the apos...
The apostle prays for their further establishment in faith and love:...
NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU....
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...
E. Paul's prayer, 3:11-13 11 NOW GOD HIMSELF AND OUR FATHER, AND OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU. DIRECT: OR, GUIDE 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward...
DIRECT: Or, guide...
“NOW MAY OUR GOD AND FATHER HIMSELF, AND OUR LORD JESUS, DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU” “May”: Notice that Paul does not shout orders at the Creator. In view of his desire to see them, their love for him an...
11-13 Prayer is religious worship, and all religious worship is due unto God only. Prayer is to be offered to God as our Father. Prayer is not only to be offered in the name of Christ, but offered up...
Here his prayer is expressed. The person to whom he prays is God himself, personally considered as God the Father, and relatively, when he styles him OUR FATHER: so ought believers to address themselv...
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:...
1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now G1161 our G2257 God G2316 and G2532 Father G3962 Himself G846 and G2532 our G225
‘Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love, one toward another, and towards all men, even as we also do toward...
1 Thessalonians 3:11. MAY GOD HIMSELF. _Himself_ is added to give emphasis to the appeal to God; may He whose power cannot be baffled by Satan as my efforts have been, may He whose purposes stand fast...
_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....
OUR GOD AND FATHER HIMSELF (αυτος ο θεος κα πατηρ ημων). Note one article with both substantives for one person.AND OUR LORD JESUS (κα ο Κυριος ημων Ιησους). Separate article here with Ιησους. In...
1 Thessalonians 3:11 I. We have to notice very carefully to whom this ejaculatory prayer is addressed: Now God Himself, even our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. It is quite evident that our Lord and...
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...
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....
PREPARE THE WAY FOR US. He appeals his case to God, asking that he may be allowed to visit them once more. He was allowed to do this (Acts 20:1), but it was three or four years later....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 3:11. DIRECT OUR WAY UNTO YOU.— Acts 16:6 should be read. Satan might hinder (1 Thessalonians 2:18); if God “makes straight” the way, progress will
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...
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...
1 John 3:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 6:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:16;...
Direct [κ α τ ε υ θ υ ν α ι]. Lit. make straight. Only in Paul and Luke. See on Luke 1:79, and comp. 2 Thessalonians 3:5. Frequent in LXX...
Direct our way — This prayer is addressed to Christ, as well as to the Father....
Observe here, 1. An implicit acknowledgment that our journeys intended, and visits designed, to be given to our friends, are not in our power, but under the direction of God: we cannot visit. friend w...