FIRST THESSALONIANS
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1 Thes. 3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear,
we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
3:2 And
[1] sent Timotheus,
[a.] our brother, and
[b.] minister of God, and
[c.] our fellowlabourer in the
gospel of Christ [the
gospel of the Anointed One and
His Anointing] ,
[11.] to establish you, and
[12.] to comfort you concerning your faith:
The
Church is appointed to
afflictions,
persecutions, and tribulation
3:3 That no
man should be moved by these afflictions [1
Thes. 1:6]:
[1] for yourselves know that we are appointed [#2749] thereunto.
[#2749, keimai, to lie outstretched, be (appointed, laid up, made, set ),
lay, lie (Matt. 3:10; 28:6; Phil. 1:17;
1 Thes. 3:3;
Rev.
4:2;
Rev. 21:16)
(c/p. #5087,
1 Thes. 5:9)]
[1] when we were with you,
[2] we told you before that
[a.] we should suffer tribulation [#2346];
[11.] even as it came to pass, and ye know.
[#2346, thilbo, to crowd, afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation,
trouble (Matt. 7:14; 2 Cor. 1:6,
1 Thes. 3:4, 2
Thes. 1:6-7) (c/p. #2347,
1 Thes. 1:6)]
Satan is the tempter
3:5 [1] For this
cause, when I could no longer forbear,
[2] I sent to know your faith,
lest by some means
[a.] the tempter have tempted you [through
afflictions, persecutions,
and tribulation], and
[b.] our
labour be in vain.
3:6 But now when Timotheus
came from you of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also [to see]
you: unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that
ye have good remembrance
[1] we were comforted over you
[a.] in all
our affliction [1
Thes. 1:6] and
[b.] [in all our] distress
[c.] by your
faith:
3:8 [2] For now we
live,
[a.] if ye
stand fast in the Lord.
At the Rapture of the Church Jesus joins the dead in Christ
with those remaining alive to meet Him in the air
3:12 And the Lord make you
[1] to increase and abound in
love
[a.] one
toward another, and
[b.] toward
all [men],
[c.] even as
we [do] toward you:
[1] stablish your hearts unblameable
in holiness
[a.] before
God, even our Father,
[b.] at the coming [1
Thes. 2:19] of our Lord
Jesus Christ [when we see Him and shall be like Him (1 John
3:2)]
[a.] with all his saints [His
Church (1
Thes. 4:14,
1
Thes. 4:17)].
© 1997-2009 Walter J. Taylor; Walter James
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