1 Thessalonians 2:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. ”

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But we, brethren, being taken from you - There is more implied in the Greek word here rendered, “being taken from you “ - ἀπορφανισθέντες aporphanisthentes - than appears from our translati...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) But we, brethren, (m) being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. (15) He meets with an objection, why h...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul and the Thessalonian Church. The next two paragraphs describe ( a) the effect of Paul's preaching at Thessalonica, ( b) his anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church under stress of pers...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

being taken . having been bereaved. Greek. aporphanizomai. Only here. Compare John 14:18 . from . App-104. a short time . Literally. season of an hour. presence, face . Compare 1 Corinthia...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17 But we, brethren, bereaved of you. This excuse has been appropriately added, lest the Thessalonians should think that Paul had deserted them while so great an emergency demanded his presen...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. Being taken from you for a short time - Through...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Being taken from you— The original word is very emphatical;— απορφανισθεντες. It is an allusion to that grief, anxiety, and reluctance of heart with which dying parents take farewell of their child...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But we brethren being taken from you for a short time in presence not in heart endeavoured the more But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavour...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 16:19-40 ; Philippians...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But we, brethren. — Now comes a change of subject: no longer the memories of the time when St. Paul was among them, but his hopes and fears about them since he left. “But while you were being pers...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the opposition of the Jews to the gospel, and in the vers...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The Apostle's Glory and Joy 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 The Christian worker always should wait on God till he gets the word of the message. There is an essential difference between delivering a se...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) В¶ 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...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But we, brethren, being taken from you ,.... Here more properly should begin the third chapter, in which the apostle having before observed the manner of his entrance among these people, the nature...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. Ver. 17. For a short time ] Or, In a short ti...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But we, brethren , &c. In this verse we have a remarkable instance, not so much of the transient affections of holy grief, desire, or joy, as of that abiding tenderness, that loving temper, whic...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Effects of the Christian Ministry. A. D. 51. 17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle here makes his apology, for his so soon departing from them, and his continued absence. They were under great sufferings for receiving the gospel he had preached, and for him therefore to...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short while (literally ‘a season of an hour'), in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire, because w...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 2:17 . Being taken from you. —R.V. “bereaved of you.” St. Paul, absent from Thessalonica, feels like a parent who has lost a child, and regards the...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 I. The Thessalonian Christians were peculiarly the Apostle's hope, being regarded by him, not simply as a conspicuous part of the reward in glory which was in store for him...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 judaizin...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 e...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:6 ; 2 Kings 5:26 ; 2 Samuel 13:39 ; Acts 17:10 ; Colossians 2:5 ; Genesis 31:30 ; Genesis 45:28 ; Genesi...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Heart Life of the Apostle Paul 1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of this remarkable chapter brings reminiscences of Paul's entrance into Thessalonica. This should...
1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In this verse we have a remarkable instance, not so much of the transient affections of holy grief, desire, or joy, as of that abiding tenderness, that loving temper, which is so apparent in all St...

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Thessalonians 2:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes