1Th. 1 1Th. 1:4 - 3.17.14 1Th. 1:5 - 4.14.4.2 1Th. 1:9 - 3.7.2 1Th. 1:10 12 - 4.14.62, 2.2.13, 2.4.3, 2.13.3, 3.3.3, 3.7.2, 3.16.15, 3.16.21, 4....
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 THESSALONIANS 5\\ In this chapter the apostle discourses concerning the suddenness of Christ's coming, and the necessity of sobr...
The following contrasts are found in passages describing the coming of Christ. We suggest that these differences are an indication that different comi...
If we go back to the original language of the New Testament, we find the rapiemur of 1Th. 1Th. 4:17 in the Vulgate to be a translation of the Greek t...
Some have understood Paul?s teaching concerning the delivery of believers from the ?wrath to come? (1Th. 1Th. 1:10) as describing their exemption fro...
Whereunto (ei o). The goal, that is the final salvation (swthria). Through our gospel (dia tou euaggeliou hmwn). God called the Thessalonians through...
Overview - Romans 16 1?Paul wills the brethren to greet many; 17?and advises them to take heed of those which cause dissension and offences; 21?and af...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 THESSALONIANS 2\\ The apostle in this chapter gives a further account of his ministry among the Thessalonians, of the nature, ma...
Overview - 2?Thessalonians 1 1?Paul certifies them of the good opinion which he had of their faith, love, and patience; 11?and therewithal uses divers...
4.8.1 - The Present Value of Future Events4.8.2 - Certainty versus Uncertainty Imminence is ?The quality or condition of being about to occur.?1 In S...
Am I persuading? (peiqw?). Conative present, trying to persuade like zhtw areskein (seeking to please) where the effort is stated plainly. See 2?Cor...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 THESSALONIANS 3\\ In this chapter the apostle expresses his great love to the Thessalonians, by sending Timothy to then, to esta...
In our discussion, we saw passages which recognized the potential for persons to be blotted out of the Book of Life (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33; Ps. Ps. 69:28;...
took the scroll ??????? [eil?phen] , perfect tense. An aorist use of the perfect tense encountered in narratives.1 The emphasis is on the past action...
NOTES ON ST PAUL'S FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS NOTES ON ST PAUL'S FIRST EPIS...
Not because we have not the right (ouc oti ouk ecomen exousian). Paul is sensitive on his right to receive adequate support ( 1?Thessalonians 2:6 ; ...
A frequently found phrase throughout Scripture related to this time of trouble is the Day of the Lord (Isa. Isa. 2:10-22; Isa. 13:6, Isa. 13:9; Jer. J...
In a key passage concerning ?the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,? Paul relates that the Day of Christ (NU?Day of t...
Scripture knows of two births, two deaths, and two resurrections. Everyone is physically born once. Those who do not undergo the second birth, the sp...
\\INTRODUCTION TO 1 THESSALONIANS\\ Thessalonica was a very large, populous, and flourishing city, it was liberae conditionis, as Pliny says {a}, a ...