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1 THESS. II. 6—13.

of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

a And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ, Acts

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Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

a See on Rom. i. ver. 11.
VER. 11.

Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς κατευθύναι τὴν ὁδὸν ἡμῶν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

xviii. 5.

VER. 7.

Διὰ τοῦτο παρεκλήθημεν, ἀδελφοί, ἐφ ̓ ὑμῖν, ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει καὶ ἀνάγκῃ ἡμῶν, διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν πίστεως·

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you, bin all our affliction and distress by your faith:

a See ver. 8, 9. Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that | I rejoiced the more, 2 Cor. vii. 6, 7. Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all, 13. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth, 2 John 4.

b See on Matt. v. ver. 10. clause 1.

VER. 8.

Ὅτι νῦν ζῶμεν, ἐὰν ὑμεῖς στήμητε ἐν Κυρία.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in

the Lord.

a See on Heb. iii. ver. 14.

VER. 9.

Τίνα γὰρ εὐχαριστίαν δυνάμεθα τῷ Θεῷ ἀνταποδοῦναι περὶ ὑμῶν, ἐπὶ πάση τῇ χαρᾷ ᾗ χαίρομεν δι' ὑμᾶς ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν·

a For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

a See on Rom. i. ver. 8. clauses 4, 5. VER. 10.

Νυκτὸς καὶ ἡμέρας ὑπὲρ ἐκπερισσοῦ δεόμένοι εἰς τὸ ἰδεῖν ὑμῶν τὸ πρόσωπον, καὶ καταρτίσαι τὰ ὑστερήματα τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν;

ὃ and our Lord Jesus Christ, * direct our Now God himself, and our Father, way unto you.

* Or, guide.

a See on Matt. v. ver. 9. clause 3. b Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 2 Thess. ii. 16.

VER. 12.

Ὑμᾶς δὲ ὁ Κύριος πλεονάσαι καὶ περισσεύσαι τῇ ἀγάπῃ εἰς ἀλλήλους καὶ εἰς πάντας, καθάπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς·

band abound in love, one toward another,
a And the Lord make you to increase
c and towurd all men, d
even as we do
toward you:

a The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children, Psal. cxv. 14. And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith, Luke xvii. 5. Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 2 Cor. ix. 10. And not holding the head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of

God, Col. ii. 19. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning, Jam. i. 17.

b See on Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. c See on Matt. vii. ver. 12. d So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us, chap. ii. 8.

VER. 13.

Εἰς τὸ στηρίξαι ὑμῶν τὰς καρδίας ἀμέμπτους ἐν ἁγιωσύνη, ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ

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Θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ἐν τῇ παρουσίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ.

d

To the end he may stablish your hearts bunblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.

a To his own master he standeth or

falleth; yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand, Rom. xiv. 4. Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, xvi. 25. Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. i. 8. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work, 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil, iii. 3. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you, 1 Pet. v. 10. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Jude 24.

b See on 2 Cor. xi. ver. 2. clause 3. See on Matt. v. ver. 9. clause 3. d See on Matt. xvi. ver. 27. clause 1. e And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee, Zech. xiv. 5. When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe, 2 Thess. i. 10. And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, Jude 14.

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περιπατεῖν καὶ ἀρέσκειν Θεῷ, ἵνα περιστ
σεύητε μᾶλλον.
• beseech you,

a Furthermore then we
brethren, and exhort you by the Lord
Jesus, b that as ye have received of us
how ye ought to walk and to please God,
so ye would abound more and more.

* Or, request. + Or, beseech.

a In the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Cor. v. 4. Now coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and we beseech you, brethren, by the 2 Thess. ii. 1. Now we command you, by our gathering together unto him, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, iii. 6.

b See on Rom. vi. ver. 13.

Now he that ministereth seed to

the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 2 Cor. ix. 10. From which all the body by joints and bands knit together, increaseth with the inhaving nourishment ministered, and crease of God, Col. ii. 19. Your faith

groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth, 2 Thess. i. 3. And beside this, giving all diligence, add knowledge; And to knowledge temto your faith virtue; and to virtue perance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to these things be in you, and abound, brotherly kindness charity. For if barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge they make you that ye shall neither be of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Pet. i. 5-8. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, both now and for ever. Amen, iii. 18.

VER. 2. Οἴδατε γὰρ τίνας παραγγελίας ἐδώκαμεν ὑμῖν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ.

a For

ye

know what commandments we

CHAP. IV.-VER. 1. Τὸ λοιπὸν οὖν, ἀδελφοὶ, ἐρωτῶμεν ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν ἐν Κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ, καθὼς παρελάβετε παρ' ἡμῶν τὸ πῶς δεῖ ὑμᾶς |

gave you by the Lord Jesus.

See on Matt. xxviii.ver. 20. clause 1.

VER. 3.

Τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ ἁγιασμὸς ὑμῶν, ἀπέχεσθαι ὑμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς πορνείας·

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a For this is the will of God, beven your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

a See on Matt. vii. ver. 21. clause 3. b See on Luke i. ver. 75.

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things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God, Deut. xxv. 13-16. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and

< See on Acts xv. ver. 20.clause 2. thou hast greedily gained of thy neigh

VER. 4.

bours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GoD. Behold,

Εἰδέναι ἕκαστον ὑμῶν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος therefore I have smitten mine hand κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καὶ τιμῇ·

a That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanotification and honour;

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at thy dishonest gain which thou hast been in the midst of thee, Ezek. xxii. made, and at thy blood which hath 12, 13. Saying, When will the newmoon be gone, that we may sell corn?

a See on Rom. vi. ver. 19. clauses 3, 4. and the sabbath, that we may set forth

VER. 5.

Μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας, καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα τὸν Θεόν·

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a That no man go beyond and fraud his brother in any matter; bbecause that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

* Or, oppress, or, overreach. † Or, the matter.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another, Lev. xix. 11. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning, 13. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another, xxv. 14. Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But thou shalt

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wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, works? Amos viii. 5-7. Defraud not, Surely I will never forget any of their Mark x. 19.

b See on Rom. xii. ver. 19. clause 2.

VER. 7.

Οὐ γὰρ ἐκάλεσεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεὸς ἐπὶ ἀκα θαρσίᾳ, ἀλλ ̓ ἐν ἁγιασμό.

a For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

a See on Matt. v. ver. 48. clause 1. and xxiii. ver. 26.

VER. 8.

Ταγαροῦν ὁ ἀθετῶν, οὐκ ἄνθρωπον άθετεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὸν Θεὸν τὸν καὶ δόντα τὸ Πνεῦ μα αὑτοῦ τὸ ἅγιον εἰς ἡμᾶς.

have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. For all that do such VOL. III.

a He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, b who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit.

Or, rejecteth.

a See on Matt. x. ver. 40.

b See on John xiv. ver. 26. clause 2.

VER. 9.

Περὶ δὲ τῆς φιλαδελφίας οὐ χρείαν ἔχετε γράφειν ὑμῖν· αὐτοὶ γὰρ ὑμεῖς Θεοδίδακτοί ἐστε εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾶν ἀλλήλους.

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need not that I write unto you; for ye
a But as touching brotherly love, ye
yourselves are taught of God to love one

another.

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Καὶ γὰρ ποιεῖτε αὐτὸ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς τοὺς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Μακεδονία πα ρακαλοῦμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς, ἀδελφοί, περισσεύειν μᾶλλον

a And indeed ye do it towards all the brethren which are in all Macedonia : b but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more:

a We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth, 2 Thess. i. 3.

b See on ver. i. clause 3.

VER. 11.

Καὶ φιλοτιμεῖσθαι ἡσυχάζειν, καὶ πράσσειν τὰ ἴδια, καὶ ἐργάζεσθαι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶν ὑμῶν, καθὼς ὑμῖν παρηγ γείλαμενο

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, b and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

* Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife, Prov. xvii. 1. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit, Eccles. iv. 6. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread, 2 Thess. iii. 12. For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, 1 Tim. ii. 2. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price, 1 Pet.

iii. 4.

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* Or, no man.

a See on Rom. xii. ver. 17. clause 2. b Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time,

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Col. iv. 5. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil, 1 Tim. iii. 7.

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a But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not, until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, Matt. xxiv. 37-39. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall

face of the whole earth, xxi. 34, 35. it come on all them that dwell on the

See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 33. clause 2.

VER. 4.

Ὑμεῖς δὲ, ἀδελφοὶ, οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σκό τει, ἵνα ἡ ἡμέρα ὑμᾶς ὡς κλέπτης καταλάβη.

a But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

a See on Luke xvi. ver. 8.

VER. 5.

Πάντες ὑμεῖς υἱοὶ φωτός έστε, καὶ ὑιοὶ ἡμέρας· οὐκ ἐσμὲν νυκτὸς, οὐδὲ σκότους.

a Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

a See on Luke xvi. ver. 8.

VER. 6.

Αρα οὖν μὴ καθεύδωμεν ὡς καὶ οἱ λαποι, ἀλλὰ γρηγορῶμεν καὶ νήφωμεν. a Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch c and be sober. a See on Matt. xxv. ver. 5. clause 2.

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b See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 42. clause 1. See ver. 8. Let your moderation be known unto all men, Phil. iv. 5. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, 1 Tim. ii. 9. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, ifthey continue in faith, and charity, and heliness, with sobriety, 15. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach, 1 Tim. iii. 2. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faith

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