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Sharing Life, Not Just a Message
Commentators highlight that Paul's willingness to impart not just the gospel but also his "own soul" refers to his very life. Scholars like Barnes and Robertson clarify the Greek word 'psuchas' means 'lives,' not eternal souls. This demonstrates the highest form of love: a readiness to lay down one's life for fellow believers, showing that ministry is not just about words but about total, sacrificial self-giving.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 2:8
18th Century
Theologian
So, being affectionately desirous of you. The word translated "being affectionately desirous," imeirw, occurs nowhere else in the…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 2:8
Even so, being affectionately desirous of you (ουτως ομειρομενο υμων). Clearly the correct text rather than ιμειρομενο from ιμειρω…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 2:8
19th Century
Bishop
So means here even so, confirming the simile, and is not to be taken in the sense of “therefore.”
Not the …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 2:8
The manner of gentle treatment involved a willingness to share with the Thessalonians both the Gospel of God and their own lives; that is how much …
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 2:8
17th Century
Pastor
So being affectionately desirous of you
Not of theirs but them; not of glory from them, nor a maintenance by them, b…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 2:7–12
17th Century
Minister
Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is t…