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1Th 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
church
Churches (local). 1Th 2:14. (Act 2:41; Phl 1:1).
Thessalonians
1Th 1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope
Literally operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled patience.
1Th 1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
election
Election (corporate). 2Th 2:13. (Genesis 1:1; Malachi 3:18).
1Th 1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
gospel
Gospel. 1Th 2:4, 8-9. (Gen 12:1-3; Rev 14:6.)
assurance
1Th 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
joy
Holy Ghost
1Th 1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
sounded
your faith to God-ward is spread abroad
1Th 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
turned to God from idols
The tenses of the believer's life here indicated are logical and give the true order. They occur also in 1Th 1:3. The "work of faith" is to "turn to God from idols" (cf. Jhn 6:28-29); the "labour of love" is to "serve the living and true God"; and the "patience of hope" is to "wait for his Son from heaven" (cf. Mat 24:42; 25:13; Luk 12:36-48; Act 1:11; Phl 3:20-21). Paul repeats this threefold sequence in Tit 2:11-13.
idols
1Th 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
wait for his Son from heaven
Christ (Second Advent). 1Th 1:9-10; 1Th 2:19. (Deu 30:3; Acts 1:9-11.)
from
from among.
wrath to come
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