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IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS - See the Ephesians 5:20 note; Philippians
4:6 note. We can always find something to be thankful for, and there
may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those
dis...
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V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS
CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_
2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12)
3. Conclusions 1 Thes
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SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS.
1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders.
No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this
verse implies that the Church h...
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LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
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We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour
among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish
you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
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GIVE THANKS. Greek. _eucharisteo._ See 1 Thessalonians 1:2.
WILL. App-102.
CHRIST JESUS. App-98.
CONCERNING. in regard to. Greek. _eis_. App-104....
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_In every_thing _give thanks_ This again the Apostle taught by example
as well as precept; see ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians
3:9-10; and comp. Philippians 4:6;...
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Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians
5:12-24
In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his
readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
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D*G and several minn. insert εστιν in 2nd clause (ΤΟΥΤΟ
ΓΑΡ ΕΣΤΙΝ)—an example of seeming Latinisms in the Western
text; cf. note on 1 Thessalonians 4:17 above. Or is εστιν due to
the parallel in 1 The...
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§ 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Directions for Holy Living
In § 7 (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) _the saintship_ of the Thessalonians
supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostles’ charge. The
virtues of...
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16–18. ΠΆΝΤΟΤΕ ΧΑΊΡΕΤΕ, ἈΔΙΑΛΕΊΠΤΩΣ
ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΕΣΘΕ, ἘΝ ΠΑΝΤῚ
ΕΥ̓ΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΙ͂ΤΕ. _Always rejoice; unceasingly pray; in
everything give thanks_. The adverbs, emphatically prefixed to the
three imperatives, co...
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ΈΝ ΠΑΝΤΊ (G1722; G3956) при любых
обстоятельствах. В том числе в
условиях преследований и испытаний
(Milligan).
ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_
ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G2168) благодарить,
ΤΟΎΤΟ (G3778)) эт...
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DISCOURSE: 2205
THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION
1 Thessalonians 5:16. _Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you_.
THE...
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TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
18 IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST
JESUS TO YOU-WARD.
Translation and Paraphrase
18.
Give thanks in every thing (that happens to you),...
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In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you. IN EVERYTHING - even what seems adverse; for
nothing is really so (cf. Romans 8:28; Ephesians 5:20.) So Christ...
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THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING
THOSE DROWSING
4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us.
The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should
be on t...
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THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS
1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty
as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
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Cp. Ephesians 5:20. Prayer is put between joy and thanksgiving,
because it is only by constant prayer that we are enabled to feel true
joy or gratitude. God's will towards us is that we should be alwa...
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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 5
WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11
V1 Now, brothers and s...
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IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS. — To the Christian who really trusts his
Father’s providence, and believes that his prayers are heard, every
moment’s occurrence will be just that which he has prayed for —...
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CHAPTER 14
THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL
1 Thessalonians 5:16 (R.V.)
THE three precepts of these three verses may be called the standing
orders of the Christian Church. However various the circu...
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General instructions for the church....
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Chrysostom, who wrote: τὸ ἀεὶ δηλονότι
εὐχαριστεῖν, τοῦτο φιλοσόφου ψυχῆς,
gave a practical illustration of this heroic temper by repeating, as
he died in the extreme hardships of an enforced and pain...
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“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING
1 Thessalonians 5:12
The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of
exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his
soldiers, who, in the p...
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Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting
for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and
drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN
In 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul had noted their joy. As he closed out
this letter, the apostle wanted to urge the brethren to make joy an
ever present part of the...
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In every thing give thanks: for this is the (f) will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you.
(f) An acceptable thing to God, and such as he approves well of....
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(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among
you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to
esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pea...
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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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18_For this is the will of God _— that is, according to
Chrysostom’s opinion — that we _give thanks_. As for myself, I am
of opinion that a more ample meaning is included under these terms —
that God...
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The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very
different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer
as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
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IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS,.... That is, to God the Father, in the name
of Christ; see Ephesians 5:20 thanks are to be given to him for all
things, as the Ethiopic version renders it; for all temporal...
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In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you.
Ver. 18. _In everything give thanks_] If God give prosperity, praise
him, and it shall be increased, saith Augu...
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_Rejoice evermore_ In your present privileges and future hopes. See
note on Romans 14:17; Php 4:4; 1 Peter 1:6. _Pray without ceasing_ In
order to maintain and improve this holy joy, be always in a sp...
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A dependent, grateful, and benevolent spirit, manifested in habitual
thanksgiving and in supplication for ourselves and our fellow-men, is
peculiarly pleasing to God....
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IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS
CONCERNING YOU....
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The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:...
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In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he
now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no
need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
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B. Appeal for steadfastness, 5:16-22
16 REJOICE EVERMORE.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spi...
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“IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS: FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST
JESUS TO YOU-WARD”
“In everything give thanks”: Yes even be grateful for the hard
times (Romans 5:3). “Bless the Lord,. my soul, and...
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16-22 We are to rejoice in creature-comforts, as if we rejoiced not,
and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but
if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. A truly rel...
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OLBGrk;
IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS: when we have obtained mercy by prayer,
then we are to give thanks, and whatever we may pray for, that we
ought to give thanks for. And so by that understand and lim...
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in everything give thanks [not for peace and prosperity only, but also
for affliction and persecution (Acts 5:41), and as did Paul and Silas
at Philippi-- Acts 16:25]: _for this_ [the discharge of the...
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Tertullian The Apology
If equanimity be the contention, you have Lycurgus choosing death by
self-starvation, because the Lacons had made some emendation of his
laws: the Christian, even when he is co...
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1 Thessalonians 5:18 in G1722 everything G3956 thanks G2168 (G5720)
for G1063 this G5124 will G2307 God...
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‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks,
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.'
Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of
t...
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1 Thessalonians 5:18. IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS. ‘For example, (1)
in the use of God's gifts: Acts 27:35, _He took bread and gave thanks
to God in presence of them all_ (2) In the enjoyment of social...
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AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of
practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom
he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
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IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS
(εν παντ ευχαριστειτε). There is a silver lining to
every cloud. God is with us whatever befalls us. It is God's will that
we find joy in prayer in Christ Jesus in every c...
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1 Thessalonians 5:16
I. "Rejoice evermore." The Thessalonian converts were living in the
sphere of sorrow. The Apostle exhorts them to be "girded with
gladness." This rejoicing, being in the Lord, is...
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1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._
It...
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CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah.
Exhortations to believers.
CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in
cons...
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1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need
that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much
concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the
churc...
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BE THANKFUL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. God gives "problem-opportunities."
Every problem contains an opportunity; every opportunity contains a
problem. Note this speaks to Christians (_see_ Romans 8:28)....
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_Rejoice evermore _
A TRINITY OF PRIVILEGES
I. Study these advices separately.
1. “Rejoice evermore.” Rejoice because of--
(1) Your conversion.
(2) Your privileges as children of God.
(3) Your a...
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_In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you _
THANKSGIVING
The duty and privilege of praise are not appreciated.
Worship--ascribing worth to God and descri...
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1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 GIVE THANKS. Christians
are to be marked by thanksgiving (Ephesians 5:4,...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:16_
The Secret of a Happy Life.
Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of
the soul when it is filled with the peace o...
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EXPOSITION
CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when
believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to
Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
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But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write
unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so
cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
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1 John 2:17; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; C
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Will [θ ε λ η μ α]. In the sense of requirement. Comp. ch. 1
Thessalonians 4:3....
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SANCTIFICATION
1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean
that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
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For this — That you should thus rejoice, pray, give thanks. Is the
will of God — Always good, always pointing at our salvation....
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Observe here, 1. The duty required, and that is, thanksgiving.
2. The extent of the duty, IN EVERY THING GIVE THANKS, that is be
thankful in every condition, and for every providential dispensation,...