For yourselves know (αυτο γαρ οιδατε). This explanatory γαρ takes up in verses 1-12 the allusion in 1:9 about the "report" concern…

First Thessalonians Chapter 2

Analysis of the Chapter

The principal subjects embraced in this chapter are the following:

For you yourselves, brothers, know.—The writers’ purpose is practical, not didactic; they therefore animate their converts with th…

The identity of Paul’s Thessalonian opponents is a difficult puzzle to piece together. Most likely they were the Jews who were continuing adversari…

Ver. 1. For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto

1 Thessalonians 2:2

The apostle had no worldly design in his preaching. Suffering in a good cause should sharpen holy resolution. The gospel of Christ at first met wit…

Previously, Paul commended the The alonians for having received God’s word amid tribulations; now he praises them because they did not fall away as…