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( See Scofield) - (Matthew 5:48).
Night and day - Constantly. Praying exceedingly - Greek, abundantly; that is, there was much more than ordinary prayer. He made this a specia...
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might (b) perfect that which is lacking in your faith? (b) Paul was forced throug...
The Mission of Timothy to Thessalonica. Paul's distress and anxiety with regard to the fate of the Church led him to send Timothy upon a mission of...
praying . App-134. exceedingly . Greek. huper (App-104.) ek (App-104.) perissou. Most of the texts read as one word. See Ephesians 3:20 ....
10 Praying beyond measure. He returns to an expression of his desire. For it is never allowable for us to congratulate men, while they live...
DISCOURSE: 2199 A MINISTER’S JOY IN HIS PEOPLE 1 Thessalonians 3:9-10 . What thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewit...
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? Night and day praying exceeding...
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? Night and day (note, 1...
The Apostle's Anxiety about his Converts 1. Forbear] better, 'endure the suspense.'
'I pray unceasingly and urgently to the end that I may see you again and correct your shortcomings.' The prayer was answered after some years ( Acts...
See your face. — Seeing them by proxy might satisfy for the while, but not for long. This exceeding importunate, prayer is caused by the feeling th...
Chapter 7 ABSENCE AND LONGING 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (R.V.) THE Apostle has said all that he means to say of the op...
Chapter 8 LOVE AND PRAYERS 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (R.V.) THESE verses present no peculiar difficulty to the expositor. They illustrate the rem...
Awakening Thanksgiving and Intercession 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 At the outset observe that marginal reading by which Timothy is described as a...
The special purpose of the next movement in his letter was the strengthening of the Thessalonians in their sufferings. Their "work of faith" had brou...
(5) For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in...
Night and day praying exceedingly ,.... This good news, not only comforted their hearts, and revived their spirits, and filled them with joy and tha...
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? Ver. 10. Night and day pray...
What thanks can we render to God That is, what sufficient thanks; for you On account of your perseverance; for all the joy That I have thereb...
Paul had been driven by persecution from Thessalonica, then from Berea to Athens. Alone at Athens for a time ( Acts 17:1-34 ), he sent word for Silas...
The Mission of Timothy. A. D. 51. 6 But no...
We have here the last effect of Timothy's message upon the apostle, it put him upon prayer for these Thessalonians; expressed by the assiduity of it,...
‘For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we joy for your sakes before our God, night and day praying exc...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Thessalonians 3:8 . For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. —The man who later could say, “For to me to...
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 I. The Apostle now tells us that, on Timothy's return from his mission, bearing good tidings of the Thessalonian Church, he...
1 Thessalonians 3:1 . Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, seeing you were so oppressed with persecutions, we sent Timothy, and preferred b...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—The apostle, no longer able to repress his longing and anxiety for the Thessalonians, resolved to be left alone at Athens...
The apostle prays for their further establishment in faith and love:
night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
1 Thessalonians 2:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:18 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:11 ; 2 Corinthians 1:15 ; 2 Corinthians 1:24 ; 2 Corinthians 13:11 ; 2 Corinth...
And perfect that which is wanting in your faith — So St. Paul did not know that "they who are once upon the rock no longer need to be taught by man...
10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?