1 Thessalonians 1:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; ”

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remembering without ceasing - Remembering your faith and love whenever we pray. This is not to be understood literally, but it is language such as we use respecting anything that interests us muc...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; (2) He commends them for three special gift...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for the Past. As in all his epistles except Gal., Paul commences with a paragraph of congratulation, singling out for special praise the work of faith, the labour of love, and the pati...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

without ceasing . Greek. adialeiptos. Only here, 1Th 2:13. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ; Romans 1:9 . of . proceeding from. Genitive of origin. App-17.; or, it may be Genitive of character. App-17.,...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 Unceasingly remembering you. While the adverb unceasingly might be taken in connection with what goes before, it suits better to connect it in this manner. What follows might also be ren...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2191 TRUE PIETY DESCRIBED 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 . We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and l...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Your work of faith - This verse contains a very...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Your work of faith, &c.— Some translate it, Your faithful work, and loving labour, and patient hope. Others join the last clause with the first words of the verse, Without ceasing rememberin...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Work of faith - the working reality of y...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Salutation and Thanksgiving 1. Salutation. For Silvanus (Silas) see Acts 15:22 ; Acts 16:20 ; Acts 16:37 ; Acts 16:38 . Timothy was one of St. Paul's most constant companions ( Acts 16:1 ; Ro...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Faith... love... hope. — in this first of his writings, St. Paul has already fixed upon the three great abiding principles ( 1 Corinthians 13:13 ) of the Christian life, and the forms in which th...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 2 THE THANKSGIVING. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4 (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 omit...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Imitators and Examples 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 This chapter abounds in thanksgiving; and the Apostle recites the many beautiful and hopeful traits of character and behavior by which the members...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This letter was intended as a message of comfort and instruction to those who were in the midst of persecution. In writing, the apostle associated himself with Silas and Timothy. He commenced by refe...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Remembering without ceasing ,.... The phrase "without ceasing", is, by the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, joined to the last clause of the preceding verse; and the remembrance the apo...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; Ver. 3. Remembering without ceasing ] A good...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We give thanks , &c. From hence to 1 Thessalonians 3:13 , we have the chief object of this epistle, which was to comfort, strengthen, and establish the Christians at Thessalonica, and induce th...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Only in the two epistles to the Thessalonians does Paul include the names of his two co-workers, Silas and Timothy, in his addressing them. Also only in these does he refrain from designating himself...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Thanksgiving to God. A. D. 51. 2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; Remembering without ceasing; the occasion of his constant thanksgivings was his constant remembering of that grace of God that did so abound and work powerfully in them, not as if he had a...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patient endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Ch...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 1:3 . Work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope. —The famous three sister-graces familiar to us from St. Paul’s other letters. As Ben...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

work of faith Literally, operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled patience.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 I. Here we have the apostolic greeting in its most usual form grace and peace a blending of the ordinary Greek and Hebrew modes of salutation, "the union of Asiatic repose an...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:1 . Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Fat...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 1:1 . Paul and Silvanus. The latter is so denominated in other passages of scripture, that being the name by which he was known to the gentiles. 2 Corinthians 1:19 ; 2 Thessaloni...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers Ministerial thanksgiving I. Is expansive in its character. It is our duty to be grateful for personal benefits, b...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—Paul, after the address and salutation, testifies that he renders constant thanks to God for the Thessalonians, calling to remembrance their faith, love, and hope, being a...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Introduction and Thanksgiving.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:13 ; 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 John 3:18 ; 1 John 3:21 ; 1 John 3:3 ; 1 John 5:3 ; 1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 1 Thess...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Model Church 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS On this earth we may expect to find no church model in all things. Even the Twelve had a traitor, and yet they were nourished and tau...
1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Remembering in the sight of God — That is, praising him for it. Your work of faith — Your active, ever — working faith. And labour of love — Love continually labouring for the bodies or souls of me...

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes