CHAPTER 1 THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS 1 Thessalonians 1:1 (R.V.) THESSALONICA, now called Saloniki, was in the first century of our era a large and flourishing city. It was situated at the northeastern corner of the Thermaic gulf, on the line of the great Egnatian road, which formed the main c... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 2 THE THANKSGIVING. 1 Thessalonians 1:2 (R.V.) THE salutation in St. Paul's epistles is regularly followed by the thanksgiving. Once only, in the Epistle to the Galatians, is it omitted; the amazement and indignation with which the Apostle has heard that his converts are forsaking his gos... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 3 THE SIGNS OF ELECTION 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (R.V.) THE Revised Version renders the οτι, with which ver. 5 begins, "how that," the Authorised Version, "for." In the first case, the Apostle is made to explain in what election consists; in the other, he explains how it is that he knows the Th... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 4 CONVERSION 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (R.V.) THESE verses show what an impression had been made in other places by the success of the gospel at Thessalonica. Wherever Paul went, he heard it spoken about. In every place men were familiar with all its circumstances; they had heard of the power a... [ Continue Reading ]