1 Thessalonians

The apostle Paul mentions the rapture in every chapter of his letter to the Thessalonians: 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:13-18; 5:1-11, 23. John Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations [...]

9 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, Paul transitions into a new section by penning “now [...]

I. Expounding in Love (4:1-2) Finally, then (GK, loipos—“furthermore,” a sharp transition), brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk [...]

11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct (make straight) our way to you,Paul patterns his prayer (3:11-13) after a Jewish prayer of appealment on behalf of another. This [...]

6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good (pleasant; joyful) news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as [...]

Companionship to Strengthen Your Faith (3:1-2) Therefore, when we could bear it no longer (hold out against), we were willing (thought it better; preferable)to be left behind at Athens [...]

17 But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, Paul bares some of the [...]

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, The [...]

  7 But we were gentle (nēpioi, infant child) among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. Paul uses two family metaphors to highlight his integrity among the Thessalonians: [...]

7 But we were gentle (nēpioi, infant child) among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. Paul uses two family metaphors to highlight his integrity among the Thessalonians: an [...]