Even now (αρτ). Just now, Timothy having come (ελθοντος Τιμοθεου, genitive absolute). Why Silas is not named is not clear, unless …

But now when Timotheus came from you to us. He came to us in Corinth, after he had been sent to Thessalonica (Acts 18:5; compa…

“We were in great anxiety, fearing that you might have fallen away, so we sent Timothy to see if all was well; but now, all anxiety is over.”

“Just now” shows that Timothy’s arrival from Thessalonica immediately preceded the composition of the letter and probably provided its chief motiva…

He shows here, by another argument, the extraordinary affection that motivated him toward them, since he was almost beside himself with joy at the …

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us
At Corinth, as appears from (Acts 18:5) which shows that th…

Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. What was the in…

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…