Unless the Spirit of God comes with the word of God, it will be to us a dead letter. By this we may know our election, if we not only speak of the things of God with out lips, but feel their power in our hearts, mortifying our lusts, weaning us from the world, and raising us up to heavenly things. And wherever there is a well-grounded hope of eternal life, this will appear by the exercise of patience and it is a sign of sincerity, when in all we do, we seek to approve ourselves to God. Faith works by love it shows itself in love to God, and love to our neighbour. Wherever there is a true faith, it will work it will affect both the heart and life. We should pray, not only for ourselves, but for others also remembering them without ceasing. And the best good may be expected from God, as our Father, for the sake of Christ. (6-10)1-5 As all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by sinners, but from God in Christ. (1-5) Its powerful and exemplary effects upon their hearts and lives. It is full of affection and confidence, and more consolatory and practical, and less doctrinal, than some of the other epistles.The faith, love, and patience of the Thessalonians, are evident tokens of their election which was manifested in the power with which the gospel came to them. The occasion seems to have been the good report of the stedfastness of the church at Thessalonica in the faith of the gospel. This epistle is generally considered to have been the first of those written by St. 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.Ģ We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers ģ Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father Ĥ Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.ĥ For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.Ħ And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:ħ So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.Ĩ For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad so that we need not to speak any thing.ĩ For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God ġ0 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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