We are bound (οφειλομεν). Paul feels a sense of obligation to keep on giving thanks to God (ευχαριστειν τω θεω, present infinitive…

We are bound to thank God always for you. (See Barnes' notes on 1 Thessalonians 1:2).

As it is meet. This mean…

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren — The thanksgiving is regarded as a positive debt incurred, which it w…

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren,

We do not feel this bond as much as we should; we often feel ourselves bound to…

As is his practice in every letter but Galatians, Paul begins his remarks by thanking God for the spiritual progress of his addressees. Here his ap…

To give thanks. He begins with commendation, so that he might have an opportunity to move on to exhortation. For in this way, we have more…

We are bound to thank God
Since all blessings, temporal and spiritual, come from him: and that always: seeing he is …

Where there is the truth of grace, there will be an increase of it. The path of the just is as the shining light, which shines more and more un…

1. This epistle is divided into the greeting and the main body of the letter, which begins with the words, we are bound to give thank…