“ For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. ”
For ye know what commandments - It was but a short time since Paul was with them, and they could not but recollect the rules of living which he had laid down. By the Lord Jesus - By the autho...
Practical Exhortations to Purity of Life and Brotherly Love. The Church at Thessalonica has begun well and is encouraged to go forward. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . abound: 1 Thessalonians 3:12 *....
know . App-132. commandments . Greek. parangelia. Compare 1 Timothy 1:18 (charge). Lord . App-98.
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Ye know what commandments we gave you - This refers to his instructions while he was among them; and to instructions on particular subject...
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. By the Lord Jesus - by His authority, not by our own. He uses the strong term "commandments" х parangelias ( G3852 )], in writ...
Exhortation to Purity and Brotherly Love. The Second Advent 1. 'You are already walking in the right path. I want you to advance in it more and more.' 3, 4. Translate, 'For this is a thing will...
For ye know. — He calls on the Thessalonians’ memory to support his statement, “ye received;” at the same time awakening their interest to catch the special point next to come, by laying stress on...
Chapter 9 PERSONAL PURITY 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 (R.V.) THE "finally" with which this chapter opens is the beginning of the end of the Epistle. The personal matter which has hitherto occupied u...
Called to Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 The first paragraph of this chapter exhorts to purity, the second to industry, the third to expectation of the Second Advent. But the three are cl...
At this point in his letter the apostle turned to exhortation. Timothy's report concerning the Thessalonians' condition had indicated that they needed some words of kindly warning. The first subject...
(1) В¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. (2) For ye...
For ye know what commandments we gave you ,.... When among them; such as those of faith and love, the ordinances of the Gospel, baptism, and the Lord's supper, and all such as relate to the worship...
For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Ver. 2. For ye know what, &c. ] It is expected therefore that ye do them; else the more heinous will be your sin, and the more hea...
Furthermore Το λοιπον, as for what remains to be said , in subserviency to the important end of your being presented before God in the final judgment, perfected in holiness; we beseech you, by th...
The end of Chapter 3 has encouraged their abounding love. Here the apostle adds to this the entreaty that they abound in obedience. No amount of love can make up for a disobedient walk, for love and...
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. A. D. 51. 1 Furthermore then we beseech yo...
This explains what he said before; what they had received of him about their walking he here calls commandments, not so much his own as the Lord s, as the word itself imports here used, and is expr...
‘For you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus'. This defines what they had received. Direct commandments from the Lord Jesus, as found through the authority of the teaching of J...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 4:1 . And to please God, so ye would abound more and more. —R.V. inserts “even as ye do walk after God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:2 . What commandments...
1 Thessalonians 4:1 . We beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us the moral maxims of life and conduct, not only in word but also in writing, how ye...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With this chapter the second portion of the Epistle—its practical application-commences. The apostle exhorts and entreats the Thessalonians to make progress in the Christi...
Warning Regarding Various Sins. Concerning concupiscence:
1 Corinthians 9:21 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:6 ; Ezekiel 3:17 ; Matthew 28:20