A Critical and Exegetical Commentary: On the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Critical and Exegetical Commentary: On the Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians This little circle of humble Christians quickly became as dear to Paul as the church of their fellow-macedonians at Philippi. He did not insist upon the position of preponderance which was his by right as an apostle of Christ, but chose to become just one of them, a babe in the midst of them. As a nurse cherishes her own children, so in his affection for them he gave them not only the gospel of God but his very self as well. Like as a father deals with his own children, so he urged each one of them, with a word of encouragement or a word of warning as the need might be, to walk worthily of God who calls them into his own kingdom and glory (i When he tried, in his first let ter to them, to put into words his love for those generous, afiec tionate, and enthusiastic workingmen, his emotion got the better of his utterance: Who is our hope or joy or crown to boast in - or is it not you too - in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Indeed, it is really you who are our glory and our joy (i It is not surprising that on his way to Corinth, and in Corinth, he received constantly oral reports from believers everywhere about their faith in God and their expectancy of the Advent of his Son from heaven (i And what he singles out for emphasis in his letters, their faith, hope, and love, their brotherly love and hospitality, their endurance under trial, and their exuberant joy in the Spirit, are probably just the qualities which characterised them from the beginning of their life in Christ. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.