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

“ Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; ”

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

Wherefore - See 1 Thessalonians 2:18 . This particle ( διὸ dio) is designed here to refer to another proof of his affection for them. One evidence had been referred to in his strong desire t...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Mission of Timothy to Thessalonica. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of inquiry. He describes the effect produced upon hi...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

when, &c . = no longer bearing it, i.e. able to bear it. no longer . Greek. meketi. forbear . bear. See 1 Corinthians 9:12 . thought it good . were well pleased. Same as "were willing"...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Wherefore, when we could no longer endure. By the detail which follows, he assures them of the desire of which he had spoken. For if, on being detained elsewhere, he had sent no other to Th...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Wherefore, when we could no longer, etc. - The apostle was anxious to hear of their state, and as he could ob...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Wherefore - because of our earnest love to you ( 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 ), and our having been "hind...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Apostle's Anxiety about his Converts 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

III. (1) We could no longer forbear. — The Greek word contains the metaphor of a vessel over-full and bursting with its contents. “We ” must be understood here by the limitation of 1 Thessalon...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - 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 ver...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Awakening Thanksgiving and Intercession 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as a fellow-worker with God . What a wonderful phrase,...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brought them into a place of service which entailed su...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This is a short but interesting Chapter. Every Verse is expressive of the Apostle's Love for the Church. Amidst his Sufferings, he finds Comforts in their Soul-prosperity.
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear ,.... Or "bear", as the word properly signifies; or "bear that", as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, "that desire", as the Arabic version renders it; th...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Ver. 1. No longer forbear ] στεγοντες, or, stand under our burden of vehement desire after you. See a lik...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When we could no longer forbear Or bear , rather, namely, our anxiety on your account. The word στεγοντες, here used, literally signifies bearing or carrying , but never forbearing. Some such...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time ( Acts 17:1-34 ), he sent word for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed (17:15)...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Mission of Timothy. A. D. 51. 1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it g...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 3 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 The apostle showeth that out of his great care for the Thessalonians he had sent Timothy to comfort and strengthen them in the faith, 1 T...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Wherefore when we could not longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister (or fellow worker) in the Good News of Christ, to establis...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 3:1 . When we could no longer forbear. —This latter word occurs in 1 Corinthians 13:7 to describe the endurance of love. 1 Thessalonians 3:2 ....
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 I. The purpose of Timothy's mission to the Thessalonians was to establish, to make them steadfast in the midst of persecution, to make them rooted and grounded in love, to ma...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Thessalonians 3:1 . Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred being left agone without a fellow-labourer at Athen...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens, and sent Timothy for the purpose of exhorting th...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:5 ; 2 Corinthians 11:29 ; 2 Corinthians 11:30 ; 2 Corinthians 2:13 ; Acts 17:15 ; Jeremiah 20:9 ; Jeremiah 44:22
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We — Paul and Silvanus. Could bear no longer — Our desire and fear for you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Thessalonians 3:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

1 Thessalonians 3:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes