Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Thessalonians 2:12
(10) That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
(10) To exhort all men diligently and earnestly to lead a godly life.
(10) That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
(10) To exhort all men diligently and earnestly to lead a godly life.
1 THESSALONIANS 2:12 kalou/ntoj {B} Apparently under the influence of Galatians 1:6 the Textus Receptus adopted the aorist tense kale,santoj, with a...
Verse 12. _THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD_] That they should, in every respect, act up to their high calling, that it would not be a reproach to the God of holiness to acknowledge them as his sons...
THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD ... - That you would live in such a manner as would honor God, who has chosen you to be his friends; notes, Ephesians 4:1. A child “walks worthy of a parent” when he l...
II. TRUE SERVICE, AS MANIFESTED IN APOSTOLIC MINISTRY CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Apostolic conduct and service 1 Thessalonians 2:1)_ 2. Thanksgiving for the reception of the message and the opposition 1 Thess...
PAUL'S DEFENCE OF HIS MISSIONARY WORK. Paul had been charged by his opponents with being a wandering sophist making money out of his followers. He rebuts the charge and incidentally gives us a picture...
PAUL ON HIS DEFENSE (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)...
You yourselves know, brothers, that our coming among you was not to no effect; but after we had--as you know--already undergone suffering and ill-treatment at Philippi, we were bold in our God to tell...
THAT, &C. = With. view to (App-104.) your walking. HATH Omit. CALLED. Some texts read "calleth". HIS. His own. KINGDOM. See App-112.114....
_that ye would walk worthy of God_ Better, IN ORDER THAT YE SHOULD, and WORTHILY (R. V.) "Walk" is the common Hebrew and O.T. figure for the conduct of life. It was _God's_message the apostles of Chr...
section ii The Apostle's Conduct at Thessalonica. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 _Analysis_. The ministry of Paul and his colleagues at Thessalonica had been unmistakably genuine, 1 Thessalonians 2:1. Th...
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΕΙΝ, in all pre-Syrian witnesses. The ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΗΣΑΙ of Ephesians 4:1; Colossians 1:10, may have determined the Syrian reading here. καλεσαντος: אA, six minuscc., f vg (_qui vocavit_) syrr cop sah...
11, 12. ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ ΟἼΔΑΤΕ ὩΣ ἝΝΑ ἝΚΑΣΤΟΝ … ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ κ.τ.λ. The ὡς … παρακαλοῦντες sentence is not completed, and ἕνα ἕκαστον remains in suspense, an object with no verb to govern it. The participia...
§ 3. 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12. The Conduct of the Apostles at Thessalonica The thanksgiving just offered to God for the conspicuous Christian worth of the Thessalonians reflects upon _the work of the wr...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) побуждать, призывать, утешать. Требовать определенного стиля поведения (Lightfoot, Notes; TDNT; _см._ 1 Thessalonians 2:3). Part, образа действия...
DISCOURSE: 2195 THE DUTY OF THOSE WHO ARE CALLED 1 Thessalonians 2:11. _Ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of...
THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD,— How much does the Apostle insist upon holiness of heart and life in all professed Christians! He urged the converted heathens to piety, purity, and virtue, from the...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12) 11 AS YE KNOW HOW WE _DEALT WITH_ EACH ONE OF YOU, AS A FATHER WITH HIS OWN CHILDREN, EXHORTING YOU, AND ENCOURAGING _YOU,_ AND TESTIFYING, 12 TO THE END THAT YE SHOULD...
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. WORTHY OF GOD - "worthy of the Lord" (Colossians 1:10); 'worthily of the saints' (Romans 16:2, Greek); " ... of the...
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...
2:12 calls (a-9) Or 'the God who calls you.' but neither gives exactly the Greek, because 'of God, who calls' makes God stand by himself as such; and 'the God who calls' makes the calling too distinct...
THE NATURE OF ST. PAUL'S LIFE AND WORK AT THESSALONICA 2. The persecution at the Roman garrison-town of Philippi made a deep impression on St. Paul the Roman citizen (Acts 16:19; Philippians 1:30). I...
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 2 HOW PAUL AND HIS FRIENDS CAME TO THESSALONICA 2:1-4 V1...
HATH CALLED. — The right reading is, _was calling,_ which has been altered because of the slight theological difficulty, on the analogy of Galatians 1:6, etc. The call is not simply a momentary act, b...
CHAPTER 5 _ APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA_ 1 Thessalonians 2:1 (R.V.) OUR first impression, as we read these verses, is that they contain little that is new. They simply expand the statement of chap. 1, ver...
An _apologia pro vita et labors suo_....
ἀξίως in this connection (see references) was a familiar ethnic phrase. C. Michel (in his _Recueil d'inscriptions grecques_, 1900, 266, 413) quotes two pre-Christian instances with τῶν θεῶν. εἰς τὸ, κ...
THE FRUIT OF UNSPARING LABOR 1 Thessalonians 2:1 Paul preached in great conflict of soul because of his passionate desire for the salvation of men. In this, many of the notable servants of God have s...
It is evident that some of the Jews in Thessalonica had been discounting the apostle in his absence. He very definitely defends himself against such detraction, asserting that his preaching had been w...
THEY WITNESSED PAUL'S LOVE AND BEHAVIOR Paul's love for them was so intense that he was ready to pour out his very life for them in the preaching of the gospel. One who preaches the gospel with the ri...
(1) В¶ For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: (2) But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were...
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...
12_Exhorted_. He shews with what earnestness he devoted himself to their welfare, for he relates that in preaching to them respecting piety towards God and the duties of the Christian life, it had not...
Having established these great principles, the apostle, with an open and overflowing heart, appeals to his whole walk among them as a proof of his having walked in the same spirit as in their own case...
THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD,.... In imitation of him; not of his perfections, which are inimitable, but of his works; and these not of his power and wisdom, but those of kindness and beneficence,...
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. Ver. 12. _Walk worthy of God_] Whose livery we wear, whose image we bear, whose kingdom we are called unto, &c. Those...
_Ye remember, brethren, our labour_ In the ministerial work; _and travail_ Μοχθον, _toil_, in our secular employment; _for labouring night and day_, &c. It seems they often took from the rest of the n...
Paul's unselfish devotion:...
THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD, WHO HATH CALLED YOU UNTO HIS KINGDOM AND GLORY. The apostle is still carrying out the thought of 1 Thessalonians 2:1. that his coming to Thessalonica had not been in...
We are to consider now that which had great effect in producing the energetic, devoted response to the gospel such as we have seen in the Thessalonians. Certainly it is the Word of God itself that is...
B. The proper conduct in daily living, 2:5-12 5 FOR NEITHER AT ANY TIME USED WE FLATTERING WORDS, AS YE KNOW, NOR A CLOKE OF COVETOUSNESS; GOD [IS] WITNESS: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of...
“TO THE END THAT YE SHOULD WALK WORTHILY OF GOD, WHO CALLETH YOU INTO HIS OWN KINGDOM AND GLORY” “To the end”: All such teaching, warning and encouragement was directed towards the goal of walking w...
7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be fa...
OLBGrk; In the Greek text the word _charged, _ mentioned in the former verse, begins this verse; marturomenoi, it signifies testifying: some read it, we obtested, which is as much as beseeching; other...
to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory. [As those who are called to an honor owe it to the one calling them to walk worthy of the honor, so the...
Tertullian On Exhortation to Chastity For it is our duty so to walk in the Lord's discipline as is "worthy,"[58] Cyprian Epistle LXXX For what could happen to me more desirable and more joyful than...
1 Thessalonians 2:12 G2532 that G1519 you G5209 walk G4043 (G5658) worthy G516 God G2316 calls G2564
‘You are witnesses, and God also, how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves towards you who believe, as you know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own child...
1 Thessalonians 2:12. THAT YE WOULD WALK WORTHY OF GOD. This was the object of Paul's exhortations. He found that men could profess to accept God's calling and yet live very much as they had done befo...
_Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as able to testify to his Boldness, Straightforwardness, and Disinterestedness, while resident among them._ In chap. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Paul had alluded...
TO THE END THAT (εις το). Final use of εις and the articular infinitive, common idiom in the papyri and Paul uses εις to and the infinitive fifty times (see again in 1 Thessalonians 3:2), some fina...
1 Thessalonians 2:10 There are two points to be noted here in this comparison instituted by Paul between his conduct and that of a father. I. He could say, as a wise father suits his dealings, both i...
CONTENTS: The model servant and his reward. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Satan. CONCLUSION: It is the great comfort of the servants of Christ to have their own conscience and the consciences of oth...
VERSE. 1-3. _Ye know our entrance into_ Thessalonica _our exhortation was not of deceit,_ or error to lead astray the simple, _nor of uncleanness, nor in guile,_ as is the character of the judaizing t...
WHO CALLS YOU TO SHARE. This is God's offer through Jesus Christ. The Kingdom is visible on earth as the church (the messianic community). See Colossians 1:13....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10 KINGDOM AND GLORY. At Jesus’ second coming, Christians will enjoy the full benefits of God’s kingdom....
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 2:1 Paul expands on what he said in summary form in 1 Thessalonians 1:5: while they were in Thessalonica, he and his fellow missionari
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 2:9. LABOUR AND TRAVAIL.—The same words occur together at 2 Corinthians 11:27. The former is used some twenty times, the latter only three in the New T...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—Paul turns from the reports of others to the experience of the readers. They themselves knew that his entrance was not powerless; although maltreated in Philippi, he was emboldene...
FOR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain (1 Thessalonians 2:1): Now, Paul evidently had quite an entrance to the city of Thessalonica for he makes reference to...
1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 1:15;...
Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι ν]. By Paul exclusively in the metaphorical sense of behaving or conducting one's self. Similarly in Hebrews. In the Synoptic Gospels, with one exception (Mark 7:5), of the phy...
THE HEART LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL 1 Thessalonians 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should be stud...
To his kingdom here, and glory hereafter....