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We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
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A Duty of Gratitude
Paul felt a deep obligation to thank God for the spiritual growth of other believers. Commentators like Calvin and Spurgeon highlight that we are "bound" to praise God not just for our own blessings, but for the progress of our brothers and sisters in Christ. This reflects the unity of the church, where the spiritual health of one member is a cause for celebration for the whole body.
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2 Thessalonians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (οφειλομεν). Paul feels a sense of obligation to keep on giving thanks to God (ευχαριστειν τω θεω, present infinitive…
19th Century
Anglican
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren — The thanksgiving is regarded as a positive debt incurred, which it w…
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Baptist
As it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; so that we our…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
