When we could no longer forbear (μηκετ στεγοντες). Στεγω is old verb to cover from στεγη, roof , to cover with silence, to conceal…

Chapter III

Analysis of the Chapter

This chapter is a continuation of the course of thought pursued in the previous chapter. It seems…

We could no longer refrain.—The Greek word contains the metaphor of a vessel overfull and bursting with its contents. “We…

Paul gives as his reason for sending Timothy: “We could stand [GK 5095] it no longer.” This verb has the metaphorical meaning of “hold out against.…

Therefore, when we could no longer endure (1 Thessalonians 3:1). By the detail that follows, Paul assures them of the desire h…

And sent Timotheus our brother
In a spiritual relation, having the s…

The more we find pleasure in the ways of God, the more we will desire to persevere in them. The apostle's design was to establish and comfort the T…

Paul mentioned the trials the The alonians had endured and the relief he intended to supply for them. Here he recalls how he came to their a istanc…