“ Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. ”
Faithful is he that calleth you - That is, your sanctification after all depends on him, and as he has begun a work of grace in your hearts, you may depend on his faithfulness to complete it; see...
(14) (k) Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will (l) do [it]. (14) The good will and power of God is a sure strengthening and encouragement against all difficulties, of which we have a sure...
Conclusion. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . The closing benediction commending the Thessalonian Christians to God. spirit and soul and body: if we press the phrase, human nature is threefold, consisting...
Faithful . Greek. pistos . App-150. Compare 1 Corinthians 1:9 . 1Co 10:13. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 2 Timothy 2:13 . Hebrews 10:23 ; Hebrews 11:11 ; 1 Peter 4:19 ; Revelation 3:14 ; Revelation...
24 Faithful is he that hath called you. As he has shewn by his prayer what care he exercised as to the welfare of the Thessalonians, so he now confirms them in an assurance of Divine grace. O...
DISCOURSE: 2209 COMPLETE SANCTIFICATION TO BE SOUGHT AFTER 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 . The very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved bl...
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it . Faithful is he that calleth you - In a great variety of places in his word God has promised to sanctify his followers, and his faithfulness b...
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Faithful - to His covenant promises ( John 10:27-29 ; 1 Corinthians 1:9-10 ; 1 Corinthians 10:13 ; Philippians 1:6 ; 2 Timothy 2:13 )...
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 ).
Faithful is he. — A reason for hoping confidently that they will be blamelessly preserved. God would forfeit His character for keeping His promise, if He “called,” and did not enable men to obey...
Chapter 16 CONCLUSION 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 (R.V.) THESE verses open with a contrast to what precedes, which is more strongly brought out in the original than in the translation. The Apostle...
“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...
(24) Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (25) Brethren, pray for us. (26) Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. (27) I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all...
THREE IN ONE ‘I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:23 I want you to think of body, soul, and spi...
Faithful is he that calleth you ,.... Into the fellowship of his Son, and to his kingdom and glory, and who continues to do so, not only externally by his word, but internally by his Spirit and grac...
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it . Ver. 24. Faithfid is he, &c. ] Prayer must be founded upon the faithfulness of God in fulfilling his promises. Hereby faith will be s...
And the very God of peace Αυτος δε ο Θεος της ειρηνης, literally, May the God of peace himself; that is, he who is ready to give you peace with himself after all you have done; who is in Christ r...
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...
Paul's Prayer for the Thessalonians. A. D. 51. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you who...
We had in the former verse the apostle's prayer, here his faith; and he speaks it by way of consolation to them, that what he had prayed for God would effect. What need he then have prayed? Because G...
‘And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he who calls you who al...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 5:23 . Sanctify you wholly. —“Rather—unto completeness. The apostle prays that they may be sanctified to the fullest extent” ( Ibid. ). Your whole...
1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 I. There is much of instruction and comfort in this Apostolic prayer. The blessing prayed for is that the Thessalonian converts may be sanctified wholly, that their spirit...
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...
Faithful is He that calleth you The faith of man and the faithfulness of God 1 . The highest object of man’s existence is to hold communion with God. For this his nature was framed, and in t...
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...
Concluding greetings:
1 Corinthians 1:9 ; 1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:12 ; 2 Kings 19:31 ; 2 Peter 1:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 2 Timothy 1:9 ; 2 Timothy 2:13 ;...
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'...
Who also will do it — Unless you quench the Spirit.