2 Thessalonians 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: ”

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God - The word “which” is supplied by our translators, and there may be some doubt to what the apostle has reference as being “a manifest to...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: (2) He shows the source of all true comfort, that is,...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

manifest token . Greek. endeigma. Only here. righteous . App-191. judgment . App-177. Compare Philippians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:28 . that ye may be . to (Greek. eis) your being. counted...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5 A demonstration of the righteous judgment of God. Without mentioning the exposition given by others, I am of opinion that the true meaning is this — that the injuries and persecutions which...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: A manifest token of the righteousness judgement of God - T...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Which is a manifest token— The exercise of God's justice has a double object; respecting good men for their purification, and respecting bad men for their punishment. Persecution inflicted and suff...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Which. Your enduring tribulations is a 'token of the...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Which is... — In the fervid eloquence of the original these connecting words are omitted, and the clause added in a kind of apposition to the words “in all your persecutions;” the effect is the sam...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 SUFFERING AND GLORY 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12 (R.V.) IN the preceding verses of this chapter, as in the opening of the First Epistle, the Apostle has spoken of the afflictions of the T...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God ,.... That is, according as some think, that God should glorify those that are persecuted, and punish their persecutors: this sense indeed...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Ver. 5. Which is a manifest token ] ενδειγμα, indigit...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prospect of Persecuted Saints. A. D. 52. 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judg...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; These words seem to follow by way of argument, to comfort these Thessalonians under their sufferings: 1. By what they manifest, viz. the righteous judgment of God; they are a plain ind...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Thessalonians 1:5 . Which is a manifest token —“An indication .” The steadfast and resolute continuance in the profession and adornment of the Christian faith,...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God Persecutions a demonstration of the Judgment I. State the point. 1. It concerns us to be fully persuaded of the truth of a future...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:14-18 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:11 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 ; 2 Timothy 2:12 ; Acts 13:46 ; Acts 14:22 ; Colossians 1:12 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Ephes...
2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A manifest token — This is treated of in 2 Thessalonians 1:6 and following verses.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes