2 Thessalonians 1:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: ”

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God - That is, we mention your example to other churches, and glory in it, as an evidence of what the gospel is suited to do; see the notes on...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future. Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

glory . Greek. kauchaomai. See Romans 2:17 . The texts read enkauchaomai. Nowhere else in N.T. for . App-104. tribulations . Greek. thlipsis. See Acts 7:10 .
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4 So that we ourselves glory in you. He could not have bestowed higher commendation upon them, than by saying that he sets them forward before other Churches as a pattern, for such is the mea...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2210 THE STATE OF THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH 2 Thessalonians 1:3-7 . We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and t...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: We ourselves glory in you in the Churches of God - We ho...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So that we ourselves glory— Compare 2 Thessalonians 1:11 with this verse, and you will find, that here is an instance of his commending them, according to his frequent way of writing, in order to...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Glory in you - `boast in your case.' Not merely...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Salutations. The Second Advent 1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 . 5-C. 2 Thessalonians 2:17 . The Comin...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So that we ourselves. — Why was it less likely that St. Paul and his companions should thus glory in them than other friends did, or perhaps than the Thessalonians themselves? Possibly, because it...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 17 SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4 (R.V.) IN beginning to expound the Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, it is necessary to say a few words by way of introduction t...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Faithful through Faith in a Righteous God 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2 Thessalonians 1:2 ; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ; f...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, th...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; (4) So that we...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So that we ourselves glory in you ,.... Or "of you"; for though they were the subject concerning which, yet not the object in which they gloried; the apostle elsewhere advises not to glory in men, b...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Ver. 4. For your patience and faith ] Faith patiente...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

We are bound to thank God It is highly observable that the apostle here wraps up his praise of men in praise to God, giving him the glory of the increase of grace which was manifest in the Thessalo...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Introduction. A. D. 52. 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the former verse the apostle gave thanks for them, in this he glories in them; he gave thanks for them to God, and glories in them before men. Wherein Silvanus and Timotheus are to be understood a...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure, a manifest token of the righteous jud...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Thessalonians 1:3 . We are bound to thank God. —We owe a debt of gratitude to God. It is not so much what is seemly that comes into prominence here, as what is d...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:1-7 I. This Epistle opens with the mention of the same Apostolic group as does the first. Paul was not alone: Silvanus and Timotheus were still with him in closest fellowship of...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2 . Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the L...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:1 . Paul, and Silvanus, [the Roman name of Silas] and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscription is the same as...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith The apostolic commendation I. The manner. 1. The person commending--“We ourselves.” In 1 Thessalonians...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had received of the increase of the faith and lov...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession. A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of afflictions:
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 1:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:2-8 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:4 ; 2 Corinthians 7:14 ; 2 Corinthians 9:2 ; 2 Corinthians...
2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Which ye endure — "That ye may be accounted worthy of the kingdom."

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes