SECOND THESSALONIANS
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2 Thes. 1:1 Paul,
and Silvanus [Silas], and Timotheus [Timothy],
[1] unto the church of the
Thessalonians
[a.] in God
our Father and
[b.] [in] the
Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace unto you, and peace, from
[1] God our Father, and
[2] [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because
[1] that your faith groweth exceedingly, and
[2] the charity [love] of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
It takes both
patience and
faith to endure
persecutions and tribulations
1:4 So that we ourselves
glory in you in the churches of God for your
[1] patience and
[2] faith in all your
[a.] persecutions [#1375] and
[b.] tribulations [#2347] that ye endure:
[#1375, diogmos, persecution (Matt. 13:21; Mark 4:17; 10:30; Acts 8:1; 13:50, 2 Thes 1:4)
[#2347, thlipsis, pressure, afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble (c/p. #2346, 1 Thes. 3:4; Matt. 13:21; Matt. 24:9, Matt. 24:21, Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:19, Mark 13:24; John 16:33; Acts 11:19; 14:22; Rom. 5:3; 8:35; 2 Cor. 1:4, 1 Thes. 1:6; 1 Thes. 3:3, 1 Thes. 3:7; 2 Thes 1:4, 2 Thes. 1:6; Rev. 1:9; Rev. 2:9-10, Rev. 2:22; Rev. 7:14)
1:5 [Which is]
[your
faith
and
patience
in the presence of persecution and tribulation]
[1] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God,
[2] that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God [c/p. Acts 14:22],
[a.] for which ye also suffer [our
system of God-given rewards comes with persecutions (c/p. Mark 10:29-30)]:
1:6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to
recompense tribulation [vs. 4]
[1] to them that trouble [#2346] you [God’s
judgments are based upon the law of
sowing and reaping];
[#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, 2 Thes. 1:7)]
[c/p: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30; Deut. 32:35, 41, 43).]
© 1997-2009 Walter J. Taylor; Walter James
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