Remembering (μνημονευοντες). Present active participle of old verb from adjective μνημων (mindful) and so to call to mind, to be m…

Remembering without ceasing. This means remembering your faith and love whenever we pray. This is not to be understood literally, but it i…

Faith . . . love . . . hope.—in this first of his writings, St. Paul has already fixed upon the three great …

Paul had a very high opinion of the Church in Thessalonica, and no doubt it deserved it. See how he speaks of it — with such confidence. Knowin…

Whenever Paul and his colleagues recalled the threefold nature of the The alonians’ progre , they could not stop thanking God. Of course, Paul does…

Unceasingly remembering you. While the adverb unceasingly might be connected with what comes before, it suits better to connect i…

Remembering without ceasing
The phrase "without ceasing", is, by the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, j…

Just as all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by sinners, except from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected from God, as …

The Apostle wishes to strengthen the Church in the face of tribulations. First, he addre es present tribulations in the first letter to the The alo…