We told you beforehand (προελεγομεν υμιν). Imperfect active, we used to tell you beforehand. Old verb, rare in N.T. (only in Paul)…

For verily, when we were with you, we told you before, etc. It is not mentioned in the account in Acts 17 that Paul thus predicted that pa…

For truly, when . . .—To appreciate the nature of the argument, see the passages referred to in the margin.

Timothy told them not to be “unsettled by these trials.” “Trials” (or “afflictions”; GK 2568) are the stiffest test of faith. Such is the inevitabl…

For, verily, when we were with you

In presence, in person, as they then were in heart and affection; when they were first am…

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…