Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Thessalonians 4:4
(3) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
(3) Another reason, because it defiles the body.
(3) That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
(3) Another reason, because it defiles the body.
Verse 1 Thessalonians 4:4. _HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL_] Let every man use his _wife_ for the purpose alone for which God created her, and instituted _marriage_. The word ακευος answers to the Hebrew...
THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL - The word “vessel” here (σκεῦος skeuos), probably refers to the body. When it is so used, it is either because the body is frail and feebl...
IV. THE SEPARATED WALK AND THE BLESSED HOPE CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The separated walk 1 Thessalonians 4:1)_ 2. The coming of the Lord for His saints 1 Thessalonians 4:13)...
PRACTICAL EXHORTATIONS TO PURITY OF LIFE AND BROTHERLY LOVE. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1. ABOUND: 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12 *....
Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you have received instructions from us as to how you must behave to please God, even so you do behave, that you may go on from m...
THE SUMMONS TO PURITY (1 Thessalonians 4:1-8)...
EVERY. each. POSSESS. Greek. _ktaomai._ See Luke 21:19. HIS. his own. VESSEL. Greek. _skeuos_. Compare 1 Peter 3:7....
_that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel_ Rather, THAT EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIMSELF OF HIS OWN VESSEL (R. V.); or, freely rendered, THAT EACH BE WISE IN THE MASTERY...
Section V. A Lesson in Christian Morals. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 We now pass from the first to the second of the two main divisions of the Epistle (see _Introd_. Chap. VII.), from _narrative_to _e...
ΕἸΔΈΝΑΙ ἝΚΑΣΤΟΝ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΤῸ ἙΑΥΤΟΥ͂ ΣΚΕΥ͂ΟΣ ΚΤΑ͂ΣΘΑΙ ἘΝ ἉΓΙΑΣΜΩ͂Ι ΚΑῚ ΤΙΜΗ͂Ι—the positive παραγγελία completing the negative (ἀπέχεσθαι … πορνείας)—_that each of you know how to win his own vessel in san...
§ 7. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. A Lesson in Christian Morals We pass from the first to the second half of the Letter, from _narration_ to _exhortation_ Chh. 1–3 are complete in themselves, setting forth...
ΕΊΔΈΝΑΙ _perf. act. inf. от_ ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со _знач. praes._ Гл. часто используется для описания определенного умения, владения знаниями или навыками, необходимыми, чтобы добиться нам...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 4:4) 4 THAT EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIMSELF OF HIS OWN VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR, Translation and Paraphrase 4. (And) that each (one) of you should know...
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; KNOW - by moral self control. HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL, [ to (G3588) heautou (G1438) skeuos (G4632)...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE 12 Paul gives us the true motive and incentive of a holy life and a steadfast faith. It springs from the overflow of love to our fellow saints and to all others as well. It looks f...
4:4 sanctification (g-13) _ Hagiasmos_ . See Note i at Romans 1:4 . possess (h-8) The Greek is not, I think, 'acquire,' but 'come into possession of,' the difference being great in moral things. What...
EXHORTATION TO PURITY AND BROTHERLY LOVE. THE SECOND ADVENT 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing willed by...
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 4 HOW YOU OUGHT TO LIVE 4:1-8 V1 Brothers and sisters, y...
SHOULD KNOW. — The clause is simply parallel to the last, and, with it, explains the word “sanctification.” The Bulgarian Father, Theophylact, says pointedly in reference to the word “to know” or “und...
CHAPTER 9 PERSONAL PURITY 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (R.V.) THE "finally" with which this chapter opens is the beginning of the end of the Epistle. The personal matter which has hitherto occupied us was th...
Paul demands chastity from men; it is not simply a feminine virtue. Contemporary ethics, in the Roman and Greek world, was often disposed to condone marital unfaithfulness on the part of husbands, and...
CALLED TO SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:1 The first paragraph of this chapter exhorts to purity, the second to industry, the third to expectation of the Second Advent. But the three are closely co...
At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject i...
GOD'S DESIRE FOR MEN TO BE SET APART FOR HIS SERVICE The apostle expressed God's desire for every man be set apart for His service. Paul wrote from Corinth, which may explain why he mentioned fornicat...
_His vessel. That is, his own body. See 1 Kings xxi. 5. (Witham)_...
(1) В¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. (2) For ye...
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...
_SANCTIFICATION AND HONOUR_ ‘That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour.’ 1 Thessalonians 4:4 Here we have a call unto holiness. I. THE CONTRAST. (i...
The apostle then turns to the dangers that beset the Thessalonians in consequence of their former habits (and which were still those of the persons that surrounded them), habits in direct contradictio...
THAT EVERYONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL,.... By which may be meant, either a man's wife, or his body, and it is not very easy to determine which, for the Jews call both by this name...
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Ver. 4. _To possess his vessel_] That is, his body, wherein the soul is, _Tota in toto, et tota in qualibet p...
_For_ As we solemnly assured you, and charged you to keep continually in remembrance; _this is the will of God, your sanctification_ That, as God hath chosen us from the rest of the world to be a peop...
POSSESS HIS VESSEL; treat his body as the work and property of God and the habitation of an immortal spirit....
THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR;...
WARNING REGARDING VARIOUS SINS. Concerning concupiscence:...
The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and o...
IV. Instructions about how to live, 4:1-5:11 A. The problem of sexual immorality, 4:1-8 1 FURTHERMORE THEN WE BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, AND EXHORT [YOU] BY THE LORD JESUS, THAT AS YE HAVE RECEIVED OF U...
“THAT EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIMSELF OF HIS OWN VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR” “That”: Connecting 1 Thessalonians 1:3 and this verse together. Paul is still dealing with the subject...
1-8 To abide in the faith of the gospel is not enough, we must abound in the work of faith. The rule according to which all ought to walk and act, is the commandments given by the Lord Jesus Christ....
OLBGrk; This is added as a means to prevent that sin. By VESSEL some understand the married wife, who is called THE WEAKER VESSEL, 1 PETER 3:7; and her husband is to possess her IN SANCTIFICATION, in...
that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh For although it is called "a vessel" by the apostle, such as he enjoins to be treated "with honour,"[92]...
1 Thessalonians 4:4 each G1538 you G5216 know G1492 (G5760) possess G2932 (G5738) own G1438 vessel G4632
‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you abstain from fornication, that each of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honour, not in the passi...
1 Thessalonians 4:4. THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW TO POSSESS HIMSELF OF HIS OWN VESSEL. This is a positive duty in the matter of sanctification, as the preceding clause declared the negative duty...
_Exhortation to Holiness of Life._ As in all his Epistles Paul at least concludes with a strenuous and full inculcation of moral duties, so here he reiterates to the Thessalonians those precepts and w...
THAT EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW HOW (ειδενα εκαστον υμων). Further epexegetic infinitive (second perfect active), learn how and so know how (learn the habit of purity).TO POSSESS HIMSELF OF HIS OWN VESSE...
CONTENTS: The model walk of the believer. The hope of Christ's return. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: The design of the Gospel is to teach men not only what they should believe, but also how t...
1 Thessalonians 4:1. _We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us_ the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, _how ye ou...
EACH OF YOU MEN SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TAKE. "To take" = KTASTHAI "which can only mean _to acquire,'_ not _to possess_.'" [Alford (Greek Testament)] Paul is advising marriage, as he does in 1 Corinthians...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:1 Instruction and Exhortation. Paul gives instructions on pleasing God (1 Thessalonians 4:1), the seco
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 4:4 CONTROL HIS OWN BODY. The Greek could be translated “take a wife for himself” (see esv footnote). However, in view of vv....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 4:4. HOW TO POSSESS HIS VESSEL.—R.V. “to possess himself of his own vessel.” With the long list of names in view of those who interpret “vessel” as mea...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christian life,...
Let's turn to first Thessalonians chapter four. Paul the apostle was called of God by the Spirit to go to Macedonia, as he saw in a vision a man from Macedonia saying, "Come over and help us." It was...
1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 Samuel 21:5;...
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel, etc. [ε ι δ ε ν α ι ε κ α σ τ ο ν υ μ ω ν τ ο ε α υ τ ο υ σ κ ε υ ο ς κ τ α σ θ α ι]. The interpretation of vv. 3 - 6 usually varies betwee...
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...
That every one know — For this requires knowledge, as well as chastity. To possess his vessel — His wife. In sanctification and honour — So as neither to dishonour God or himself, nor to obstruct, but...