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An Active, Hopeful Wait
Commentators explain that turning to God involves two key actions: serving Him and actively "waiting for his Son from heaven." This isn't a passive delay but a continuous, life-shaping posture. This hope of Christ's return is meant to provide comfort in trials, motivate holy living, and fuel a desire to share the gospel, just as it did for the Thessalonians.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
18th Century
Theologian
And to wait for his Son from heaven, it is clear from this and from other parts of these two epistles that the return of the Lord Jesus to…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
To wait for his Son from heaven (αναμενειν τον υιον αυτου εκ των ουρανων). Present infinitive, like δουλευειν, and so linear, to k…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
19th Century
Bishop
And to wait.—The idea of the Advent is what is prominent both here and throughout the Epistle in the minds of St. Paul and his fri…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Thessalonians 1:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
Paul here states that all the churches elsewhere knew what a wonderful time he had had with the Thessalonians, and with what eagerness they had rec…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
In describing how the Thessalonians were a model Christian community and giving further proof of the effect of the Gospel on them, Paul gives anoth…
John Calvin
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
16th Century
Theologian
Whom he raised up. He makes mention here of Christ’s resurrection, on which the hope of our resurrection is founded, for death everywhere …
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 1:10
17th Century
Pastor
And to wait for his Son from heaven
The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the natural, essential, and eternal Son of God; an…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 1:6–10
17th Century
Minister
When careless, ignorant, and immoral persons are turned from their carnal pursuits and connections, to believe in and obey the Lord Jesus, to live …