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

“ That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. ”

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

  That no man should be moved - The word rendered “moved” ( σαίνω sainō) occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It properly means to wag, to move to and fro, as of dogs which wag their tail...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  That no man should be moved by these afflictions: (1) for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. (1) The will of God, who calls his own on this condition, to bring them to glory by afflict...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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

  no man . Greek. medeia. moved: or, agitated. Greek. saino. Only here. afflictions . Greek. thlipsis. See 1 Thessalonians 1:6 . know . App-132. are appointed . Literally lie. Greek....

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

  3 For ye yourselves know. As all would gladly exempt themselves from the necessity of bearing the cross, Paul teaches that there is no reason why believers should feel dismayed on occasion of...

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

  That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. That no man should be moved - That is, caused to apostatize from Christianity. We are appointed...

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

  For yourselves know— Here seems to be a particular allusion to Acts 9:15-16 ; Acts 20:23 . What Apostles, prophets, and even common Christians were to expect in the world, see Matthew 10:34-36 ....

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

  That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. Moved - `shaken.' х Sainesthai ( G4525 ) is said of dogs wagging the tail in fawning...

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

  The Apostle's Anxiety about his Converts 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'

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

  Moved, or more literally, seduced. The very peculiar word in the original means, in the first instance, the fawning of an animal upon its master: then, through the intermediate sense of “wheedl...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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,...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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

  (3) That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. (4) For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation;...

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

  That no man should be moved by these afflictions ,.... Which the apostle endured for the sake of preaching the Gospel among them, and which he feared might be a means of troubling their minds, of sh...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. Ver. 3. That no man should be moved ] Gr. σαινεσθαι, flattered, as a dog flattereth, by movi...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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)...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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

  The apostle had mentioned before his great afflictions, and they knew well what he himself had suffered both at Thessalonica and Berea, Acts 17:1-34 , and therefore might fear they might hereupon...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 3:3 . That no man should be moved. —The word seems to imply “moved to softness,” as Professor Jowett intimates. It is used especially of the motion...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - 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...

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

  Various Proofs of Paul's Love for the Thessalonians He sent Timothy to them as his representative:

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Corinthians 4:9 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; 1 Peter 4:12 ; 1 Peter 4:12-14 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:9 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:4 ; 2 Timothy 1:8 ; 2 Timothy 3:11 ; 2 Timothy 3:12 ; Acts...

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• 1 Thessalonians 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  We are appointed hereto — Are in every respect laid in a fit posture for it, by the very design and contrivance of God himself for the trial and increase of our faith and all other graces. He gives...

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