From you hath sounded forth (αφ' υμων εξηχητα). Perfect passive indicative of εξηχεω, late compound verb (εξ, ηχοσ, ηχω, ηχη, our …

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord. The truths of religion were thus spread widely. The word translated 'sounded out,' exēc…

For.—“For, in fact,” (supporting and exceeding the statement of 1 Thessalonians 1:7 about Greece) “you form the centre…

Paul here states that all the churches elsewhere knew what a wonderful time he had had with the Thessalonians, and with what eagerness they had rec…

In describing how the Thessalonians were a model Christian community and giving further proof of the effect of the Gospel on them, Paul gives anoth…

For from you sounded forth. Here we have an elegant metaphor, by which he suggests that their faith was so vibrant that it, as it were, by…

For from you sounded out the word of the Lord
By which is meant the Gospel, and is so called because it is from the …

When careless, ignorant, and immoral persons are turned from their carnal pursuits and connections, to believe in and obey the Lord Jesus, to live …

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…