“ Rejoice evermore. ”
Rejoice evermore - See the notes on Philippians 3:1 ; Philippians 4:4 .
(11) Rejoice evermore. (11) A quiet and appeased mind is nourished with continual prayers, giving regard to the will of God.
Sundry Counsels and Exhortations. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 . Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Ch...
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16 Rejoice always. I refer this to moderation of spirit, when the mind keeps itself in calmness under adversity, and does not give indulgence to grief. I accordingly connect together these th...
DISCOURSE: 2205 THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 . Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning y...
Rejoice evermore. Rejoice evermore - Be always happy; the religion of Christ was intended to remove misery. He that has God for his portion may constantly exult. Four MSS. of good note add εν τῳ Κυρ...
Rejoice evermore.— "Be alway rejoicing in the midst of your trials and afflictions, knowing that you mayhave always the reconciled and approving presence of your God and Saviour, from which you m...
Rejoice evermore. In order to "rejoice evermore" we must "pray without ceasing." He who thanks God for all things as happening for the best, will have continuous joy (Theophylact). Philippian...
The Need of Watchfulness. Final Injunctions 1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the time of the Advent ( 2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3-4 ).
Rejoice evermore. — The remaining commands are more simply spiritual, and hardly form part of the same paragraph as 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 , which related to discipline; though from 1 Thessaloni...
Chapter 14 THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (R.V.) THE three precepts of these three verses may be called the standing orders of the Christian Church. However various...
“Without Blame” at His Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who,...
Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son ar...
(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pe...
Rejoice evermore. Not in a carnal, but in a spiritual way, with joy in the Holy Ghost; and which arises from a view of pardon by the blood of Christ, of justification by his righteousness, and aton...
Rejoice evermore. Ver. 16. Rejoice evermore ] A duty much pressed in both Testaments, but little practised by many of God's whinnels, who are ever puling and putting finger in the eye, through on...
Rejoice evermore In your present privileges and future hopes. See note on Romans 14:17 ; Php 4:4; 1 Peter 1:6 . Pray without ceasing In order to maintain and improve this holy joy, be always in...
In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well...
Various Short Exhortations. A. D. 51. 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 I...
Here the apostle adds more Christian duties, briefly expressed, and set close one to another; and they seem to have a mutual connection, but not so relative to others as those before mentioned, but p...
‘Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.' Again we have a threefold injunction. Rejoicing, praying and giving of...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 The Secret of a Happy Life. Happiness is not found in anything external. It is a certain state of the soul when it is filled with the...
1 Thessalonians 5:16 The Duty of Gladness. I. It is of the very nature of a duty that it is in our power to perform it; and so with this one, the very fact of its being laid upon us proves that w...
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 . But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night....
1 Thessalonians 5:1 . Of the times and seaso n s, ye have no need that I write to you. Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the ch...
Rejoice evermore A trinity of privileges I. Study these advices separately. 1. “Rejoice evermore.” Rejoice because of-- (1) Your conversion. (2) Your privileges as children of God....
EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instr...
Rejoice evermore.
2 Corinthians 6:10 ; Luke 10:20 ; Matthew 5:12 ; Philippians 4:4 ; Romans 12:12
Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God'...
Rejoice evermore — In uninterrupted happiness in God. Pray without ceasing — Which is the fruit of always rejoicing in the Lord. In everything give thanks — Which is the fruit of both the former. T...