Bible Commentary

For what [is] our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 19. For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?] Not rejoicing, but glorying (R. V.), or boasting. “Crown of glorying” is a Hebrew idiom (Isa 62:3; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:19”

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 18. Wherefore we would have come unto you ] The true reading is because not “wherefore,” due probably to a misunderstanding of the following verb, which is not removed by the rendering of the R. V., “because we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:18”

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. 17. But we, brethren, being taken from you ] bereaved of you (R. V.), or torn away from you; lit., orphaned a word employed in Greek with some … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:17”

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 16. forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved ] R. V., may be saved. As much as to say: “These Jews, if … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:16”

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: 15. who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets ] Revised reading, simply the prophets. Christ represented His death as the culmination of the murders of the ancient … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:15”

For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the Jews: 14. For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus ] Followers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:14”

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 13. For this cause also thank … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:13”

That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 12. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:12”

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father [doth] his children, 11. as you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children ] The R. V. recasts the verse, restoring the order and emphasis of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:11”

Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also,] how holily and justly and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 10. Ye are witnesses, and God also] In 1Th 2:5 the witness of man and of God (to the outward and inward respectively) were distinguished; here they are combined: You are witnesses, and so is God. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Thessalonians 2:10”