Being bereaved of you (απορφανισθεντες αφ' υμων). First aorist passive participle of the rare compound verb (απορφανιζω, in Aeschy…

But we, brothers, being taken from you. There is more implied in the Greek word translated here as "being taken from you"—aporfanisyen…

But we, brothers and sisters.—Now comes a change of subject: no longer the memories of the time when St. Paul was among them, but…

Turning from his digression about the Jews, Paul continues to stress his deep feeling for the Thessalonians. He pictures himself in contrast to the…

But we, brethren, bereaved of you. This explanation has been appropriately added, so that the Thessalonians would not think that Paul had …

But we, brethren, being taken from you
Here more properly should begin the third chapter, in which the apostle havin…

This world is not a place where we are to be always, or long together. In heaven holy souls will meet, and never part again. And though the apostle…

In the preceding section, the Apostle disclosed the nature of his coming to them; here he indicates the nature of their conversion. In addre ing th…