That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
Moved - `shaken.' х Sainesthai (G4525) is said of dogs wagging the tail in fawning on one.] Tittmann explains, 'That no man should, amidst calamities, be allured by the flattering hope of a pleasant life to abandon his duty:' 'that no man be cajolled out of his faith.' In affliction, relatives and opponents combine with the ease-loving heart in flatteries which it needs strong faith to overcome.
Yourselves know - by your own experience, and by our words: we always candidly told you so (1 Thessalonians 3:4). None but a religion from God would have held out such a prospect to those who should embrace it, and yet succeed in winning converts.
We - Christians.
Appointed thereunto - by God's counsel (1 Thessalonians 5:9).