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We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers,
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God Gets All the Credit
Multiple commentators (Calvin, Gill, Ellicott) emphasize that Paul directs his thanks to God, not the Thessalonians. This isn't flattery but a theological statement: all spiritual progress, faith, and virtue are gifts of God's grace. This perspective humbles both the missionaries and the converts, attributing all success to its true divine source.
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1 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We give thanks to God always for you all. (See Barnes "Romans 1:9".)
Making mention of you in our prayers. (Se…
We give thanks (ευχαριστουμεν). Late denominative verb ευχαριστεω from ευχαριστος (grateful) and that from ευ, well and χαριζομα, …
19th Century
Anglican
“We never set ourselves to prayer without remembering your faithful activity, loving laboriousness, cheerful and persevering endurance, and tha…
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Baptist
Paul had a very high opinion of the Church in Thessalonica, and no doubt it deserved it. See how he speaks of it — with such confidence. Knowin…
It was Paul’s practice to begin his letters by thanking God for his readers. Paul found much in the lives of the Thessalonians to be grateful for. …
16th Century
Protestant
We give thanks to God. He praises, as is his custom, their faith and other virtues, not so much, however, for the purpose of praising them…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
We give thanks to God always for you all For all the members of this church, Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, greater o…
Just as all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by sinners, except from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected from God, as …
13th Century
Catholic
The Apostle wishes to strengthen the Church in the face of tribulations. First, he addresses present tribulations in the first letter to the Thessa…
