@2Th1:1

 *St. Paul certifies the good opinion which he had of their

faith

 *love, and patience, 1-10; and therewithal uses divers reasons

 *for the comforting of them in persecution, whereof the chief

is

 *taken from the righteous judgement of God,11,12

 #2co 1:19 1th 1:1

@2Th1:2

 #ro 1:7 1co 1:3,8

@2Th1:3

 *are

 #2:13 ro 1:8 1co 1:4 1th 1:2,3;3:6,9

 *as is

 #lu 15:32 phi 1:7 2pe 1:13

 *your

 #job 17:9 ps 84:7;92:13 pr 4:18 is 40:29-31 lu 17:5 jno 15:2

 #phi 1:9 1th 4:1,9,10 1pe 1:22 2pe 1:5-10;3:18

 *groweth signifies, as Dr. Clarke remarks, to grow luxuriantly

 *as a good and healthy tree in a good soil; and if a fruit tree

 *bearing an abundance of fruit to compensate the labour of the

 *husbandman. Faith is one of the seeds of the kingdom: this

 *the Apostle had sowed and watered, and God gave an abundant

 *increase. Their faith was multiplied, and their love abounded:

 *and this was not the case with some distinguished characters

 *only; it was the case with every one of them. For this the

 *apostle felt himself bound to give constant thanks to God on

 *their behalf, as it was meet and right.

@2Th1:4

 *glory

 #2co 7:14;9:2,4 1th 2:19

 *your patience

 # 3:5 ro 2:7;5:3-5;8:25; 12:12 1th 1:3; 3:2-8 he 6:15;10:36;

 #12:1-3 ja 1:3,4;5:7,8 2pe 1:6 re 14:12

 *your persecutions

 #1th 2:14;3:3,4 ja 5:11

@2Th1:5

 *manifest

 #1:6 phi 1:28 1pe 4:14-18

 *righteous

 #job 8:3 ps 9:7,8;33:5; 50:6;72:2;99:4;111:7 je 9:24 da 4:37

 #ro 2:5 re 15:4;16:7;19:2

 *may

 #1:11 lu 20:35;21:36 ac 13:46 ep 4:1 col 1:12 re 3:4

 *for

 #1:7 ac 14:22 ro 8:17 1th 2:14 2ti 2:12 he 10:32,33

@2Th1:6

 #de 32:41-43 ps 74:22,23; 79:10-12;94:20-23 is 49:26 zec 2:8

 #re 6:10;11:18;15:4;16:5,6;18:20,24;19:2

@2Th1:7

 *who

 #is 57:2 mat 5:10-12 lu 16:25 ro 8:17 2co 4:17 2ti 2:12

 #he 4:1,9,11 1pe 4:1 re 7:14-17;14:13;21:4

 *when

 #mat 13:39-43;16:27;25:31;26:64 mar 8:38;14:62 jno 1:51 ac 1:11

 #1th 4:16,17 tit 2:13 he 9:28 jude 14,15 re 1:7;20:11

 *his mighty angels or the angels of his power

 #jno 1:3 ep 1:2 col 1:16 1pe 3:22 re 22:6,9,16

@2Th1:8

 *flaming

 #ge 3:24 de 4:11;5:5 ps 21:8,9;50:2-6 da 7:10 mat 25:41,46

 #he 10:27;12:29 2pe 3:7,10-12 re 20:10,14,15;21:8

 *taking or yielding vengeance

 #de 32:35,41,42 ps 2:9-12;94:1 is 61:2;63:4-6 he 10:30

 #re 6:10,16,17

 *that know

 #ex 5:2 1sa 2:12 ps 9:10;79:6 is 27:11 je 9:6 zep 1:6

 #jno 3:19;8:19 ro 1:28 1co 15:34 1th 4:5

 *and that

 #de 4:30 ps 18:44 is 1:19 ac 6:7 ro 1:5;2:7;6:16;10:16;15:18;

 #16:26 2co 10:5 ga 3:1 he 2:3;5:9;11:8 1pe 1:2;3:6;4:17

@2Th1:9

 *be

 #is 33:14;66:24 da 12:2 mat 25:41,46;26:24 mar 9:43-49

 #lu 16:25,26 jno 5:14 phi 3:19 he 10:29 2pe 2:17;3:7 jude 13

 #re 14:10,11 20:14;21:8;22:15

 *from the presence

 #ge 3:8;4:16 job 21:14;22:17 ps 16:11;51:11 mat 7:23;22:13;25:

41

 #lu 13:27

 *the glory

 #2:8 de 33:2 is 2:10,19,21 mat 16:27;24:30 tit 2:13 re 20:11

@2Th1:10

 *to be glorified

 #1:12 nu 23:23 ps 89:7 is 43:21; 44:23;49:3;60:21 je 33:9

 #mat 25:31 jno 11:4;17:10 ga 1:24 ep 1:6,12,14,18;2:7;3:10,16

 #1pe 2:9 re 7:11,12

 *to be admired

 #ps 68:35

 *our

 #2:13 1th 1:5;2:13

 *in that

 #mal 3:17 mat 7:22;24:36 lu 10:12 2ti 1:12,18;4:8

@2Th1:11

 *we pray

 #ro 1:9 ep 1:16;3:14-21 phi 1:9-11 col 1:9-13 1th 3:9-13

 *our God

 #ps 48:14;68:20 is 25:9;55:7 da 3:17 re 5:10

 *would

 #1:5 col 1:12 re 3:1

 *count

 #2:14 ro 8:30;9:23,24 phi 3:14 1th 2:12 he 3:1 1pe 5:10

 *fulfil

 #ps 138:8 pr 4:18 is 66:9 ho 6:3 zec 4:7 mar 4:28 1co 1:8

 #phi 1:6

 *the good

 #ps 51:18 lu 12:32 ep 1:5,9 phi 2:13 tit 3:4-7

 *the work

 #jno 6:27-29 ep 1:19,20 1th 1:3;2:13 he 12:2

@2Th1:12

 *the name

 #1:10 jno 17:10 1pe 4:14

 *and ye

 #ge 18:18 ps 72:17 is 45:17,25 jno 17:21-26 phi 3:9 col 2:9,10

 #1pe 1:7,8

 *the grace

 #ro 1:7 1co 1:4 2co 8:9;13:4 tit 2:11 re 1:4

@2Th2:1

 *paul urges them to continue steadfast in the truth received

 *1,2: shews that there shall be a departure from the faith,3-8;

 *and a discovery of Antichrist, before the day of the Lord

 *come, 9-14; and thereupon repeats his former exhortation, and

 *prays for them,15-17

 *we

 #ro 12:1

 *by the

 #1th 4:14-16

 *and by

 #ge 49:10 mat 24:31; 25:32 mar 13:27 ep 1:10 1th 3:13;4:17

 # 2ti 4:1

@2Th2:2

 *shaken

 #is 7:2; 8:12,13;26:3 mat 24:6 mar 13:7 lu 21:9,19 jno 14:1,27

 #ac 20:23,24 ep 5:6 1th 3:3

 *by spirit

 #de 13:1-5 je 23:25-27 mi 2:11 mat 24:4,5,24 2pe 2:1-3

 #1jno 4:1,2 re 19:20

 *nor by letter

 1th 4:15 2pe 3:4-8

@2Th2:3

 *no man

 #mat 24:4-6 1co 6:9 ep 5:6

 *except

 #1ti 4:1-3 2ti 3:1-3 4:3,4

 *man

 #2:8-10 da 7:25 1jno 2:18 re 13:11

 *the son

 #jno 17:12 re 17:8,11

@2Th2:4

 *and exalteth

 #is 14:13 eze 28:2,6,9 da 7:8,25;8:9-11;11:36 re 13:6

 *called

 #1co 8:5

 *sitteth

 #da 8:12-14;11:45 re 13:6,7

@2Th2:5

 *remember

 #mat 16:9 mar 8:18 lu 24:6,7 ac 20:31

 *when

 #3:10 jno 16:4 ga 5:21 1th 2:11 2pe 1:15

@2Th2:6

 *witholdeth

 #2:7

 *revealed

 #3:8

@2Th2:7

 *the mystery

 #1ti 3:16 re 17:5,7

 *doth

 #ac 20:29 col 2:18-23 2ti 2:17,18 1jno 2:18; 4:3

 *he who

 #2:6

@2Th2:8

 *that

 #2:3 mat 13:19,38 1jno 2:13;3:12;5:18

 *whom

 #da 7:10,11,26 re 18:8-10;19:20;20:10

 *the spirit

 #job 4:9 ps 18:15 is 11:4 ho 6:5 re 1:16;2:16; 19:15,20,21

 *with the brightness

 #1:8,9 he 10:27

@2Th2:9

 *is

 #jno 8:41,44 ac 8:9-11;13:10 2co 4:4; 11:3,14 ep 2:2 re 9:11;

 #12:9,17;13:1-5; 18:23; 19:20; 20:10

 *and signs

 #ex 7:22; 8:7,18 de 13:1,2 mat 24:24 mar 13:22 2ti 3:8

 #re 13:11-15; 18:23; 19:20

@2Th2:10

 *deceivableness

 #ro 16:18 2co 2:17;4:2;11:13,15 ep 4:14 2pe 2:18 he 3:13

 *in them

 #1co 1:18 2co 2:15; 4:3 2pe 2:12

 *they received

 #pr 1:7; 2:1-6; 4:5,6; 8:17 mat 13:11 jno 3:19-21; 8:45-47

 #ro 2:7,8; 6:17 1co 16:22 ja 1:16-18

 *that they

 #jno 3:17;5:34 ro 10:1 1th 2:16 1ti 2:4

@2Th2:11

 *for

 #ps 81:11,12;109:17 is 29:9-14 jno 12:39-43 ro 1:21-25,28

 *god

 #1ki 22:18-22 2ch 18:18-22 is 6:9,10 eze 14:9

 *that

 # is 44:20;66:4 je 27:10 eze 21:29 mat 24:5,11 1ti 4:1

@2Th2:12

 *they

 #de 32:35 mar 16:16 jno 3:36 1th 5:9 2pe 2:3 jude 4:5

 *but

 #ps 11:5; 50:16-21; 52:3,4 ho 7:3 mi 3:2 mar 14:11 jno 3:19-21

 #ro 1:32; 2:8; 8:7,8;12:9 2pe 2:13-15 3jno 1:11

@2Th2:13

 *we

 #1:3 ro 1:8;6:17

 *beloved

 #2:16 de 33:12 2sa 12:25 je 31:3 eze 16:8 da 9:23; 10:11,19

 #ro 1:7 col 3:12 1jno 4:10,19

 *from

 #ge 1:1 pr 8:23 is 46:10 jno 1:1;8:44 he 1:10

 *chosen

 #ro 8:33;9:11 ep 1:4,5 1th 1:4 2ti 1:9 1pe 1:2

 *through

 #2:10,12 lu 1:75 1pe 1:2-5

 *belief

 #jno 8:45,46;14:6 ac 13:48;15:9 ga 3:1 ep 2:8 col 1:5 2ti 2:15;

 #3:15 ja 1:18

@2Th2:14

 *he called

 #ro 8:28-30 1th 2:12 1pe 5:10

 *our gospel

 #ro 2:16;16:25 1th 1:5

 *to

 #ps 16:11 mat 25:21 jno 14:2,3;17:22,24 ro 8:17 ep 1:18

 #1th 2:12 2ti 2:12 1pe 4:4,5;5:10 re 3:21;21:23;22:3-5

@2Th2:15

 *stand

 #1co 15:58;16:13 phi 4:1

 *hold

 #3:6 1co 11:2

 *the traditions

 #ro 16:17 jude 3

 *whether

 #2:2; 3:14

@2Th2:16

 *our Lord

 #1:1,2 ro 1:7 1th 3:11

 *which

 #2:13 jno 3:16;13:1;15:9,13 ro 5:8 ep 2:4,5;5:2,25 tit 3:4-7

 #1jno 3:16;4:9,10 re 1:5;3:9

 *everlasting

 #ps 103:17 is 35:10;51:11; 60:19,20;61:7 lu 16:25 jno 4:14;

 #14:16-18; 16:22 2co 4:17,18 he 6:18 1pe 1:5-8 re 7:16,17; 22:5

 *good

 #ro 5:2-5; 8:24,25 col 1:5,23 1th 1:3 tit 1:2; 2:13 he 6:11,

 #12,19 1pe 1:3-5 1jno 3:2,3

 *through

 #ac 15:11;18:27 ro 4:4,16;5:2;11:5,6

@2Th2:17

 *comfort

 #2:16 is 51:3,12;57:15;61:1,2;66:13 ro 15:13 2co 1:3-6

 *stablish

 #3:3 is 62:7 ro 1:11;16:25 1co 1:8,2 2co 1:21 col 2:7 1th 3:2,

13

 #he 13:9 1pe 5:10 jude 1:24

 *in

 #ja 1:21,22 1jno 3:18

@2Th3:1

 1 Paul craves their prayers for himself

 3 Testifies what confidence he has in them

 5 makes requests to God on their behalf

 6 gives them divers precepts, especially to shun idleness,

 and ill company

 16 and then concludes with prayer and salutation

 * pray

 # mt 9:38 lu 10:2 ro 15:30 2co 1:11 ep 6:19,20 col 4:3

 # 1th 5:17,25 he 13:18,19

 * the word

 # ac 6:7;12:24;13:49;19:20 1co 16:9 2ti 2:9

 * have free course Gr. run, be

 # ps 138:2 ac 13:48

 * even

 # 1th 1:5;2:1,13

@2Th3:2

 * delivered

 # ro 15:31 1co 15:32 2co 1:8-10 1th 2:18 2ti 4:17

 * unreasonable Gr. absurd

 * for

 # de 32:20 mat 17:17;23:23 lu 18:8 jno 2:23,25 ac 13:45,50

 # 14:2;17:5;28:24 ro 10:16 2co 4:3,4

@2Th3:3

 * the Lord

 # 1co 1:9;10:13 1th 5:24

 * stablish

 # 2:17

 * and

 # ge 48:16 1ch 4:10 ps 19:13 ;121:7 mat 6:13 lu 11:4 jno 17:15

 # 2ti 4:18 2pe 2:9 jude 24

@2Th3:4

 * we have

 # ro 15:14 2co 2:3;7:16;8:22 ga 5:10 php 1:6 phm 21

 * that

 # 6,12 mat 28:20 ro 2:7;15:18 1co 7:19;14:37 2co 2:9;7:15

 # php 2:12 1th 4:1,2,10

@2Th3:5

 * the Lord

 # 1ki 8:58 1ch 29:18 ps 119:5,36 pr 3:6 jer 10:23 ja 1:16-18

 * into

 # de 30:6 je 31:33 Ro 5:5;8:28 1co 8:3 ga 5:22 ja 2:5 1jo 4:19

 * and into

 # Ps 40:1;130:5,6 la 3:26 lu 12:36,37 ro 8:25 php 3:20,21

 # 1th 1:8,10 2ti 4:8 tit 2:13 he 9:28 2pe 3:12 re 3:10,11;13:10

 * the patient waiting for Christ or the patience of Christ

 # he 12:2,3 1pe 4:1

@2Th3:6

 * in the

 # 1co 5:4 2co 2:10 ep 4:17 col 3:17 1th 4:1 1ti 5:21;6:13,14

2ti 4:1

 * the ye

 # 14,15 mat 18:17 ro 16:17 1co 5:11-13 1ti 6:5 2ti 3:5 he 12:15,

16 3jo 10,11

 * walketh

 # 7,11 1th 4:11;5:14

 * after

 # 10,14;2:15

@2Th3:7

 * how

 # 9 1co 4:16;11:1 php 3:17;4:9 1th 1:6,7 1ti 4:12 tit 2:7 1pe 5:

3

 * for

 # 6 1th 2:10

@2Th3:8

 * eat

 # 12 pr 31:27 mat 6:11

 * but

 # ac 18:3,20:34 1co 4:12 2co 11:9 1th 4:11

 * night

 # 1th 2:9

@2Th3:9

 * not

 # mat 10:10 1co 9:4-14 ga 6:6 1th 2:6

 * to make

 # 7 jno 13:15 1pe 2:21

@2Th3:10

 * when

 # lu 24:44 jno 16:4 ac 20:18

 * that

 # ge 3:19 pr 13:4;20:4;21:25;24:30-34 1th 4:11

@2Th3:11

 * walk

 # 6

 * working

 # 1th 4:11 1ti 5:13 1pe 4:15

@2Th3:12

 * we

 # 6

 * that with

 # ge 49:14,15 pr 17:1 ec 4:6 ep 4:28 1th 4:11 1ti 2:2

 * eat

 # 8 lu 11:3

@2Th3:13

 * ye

 # is 40:30,31 mal 1:13 ro 2:7 1co 15:28 ga 6:9,10 php 1:9 1th 4:

1 he 12:3

 * be not weary, or faint not

 # de 20:8 ps 27:13 is 40:29 zep 3:16 lu 18:1 2co 4:1,16 he 12:5

re 2:3

@2Th3:14

 * obey

 # de 16:12 pr 5:13 zep 3:2 2co 2:9;7:13;10:6 php 2:12 1th 4:8

phm 21 he

13:17

 * by this epistle, note that man or, signify that man by an

epistle

 # 6 mat 18:17 ro 16:17 1co 5:9,11 tit 3:10

 * that he

 # nu 12:14 ezr 9:6 ps 83:16 je 3:3;6:15;31:18-20 eze 16:61-63;

36:31,32

 # lu 15:18-21

@2Th3:15

 * count

 # le 19:17,18 1co 5:5 2co 2:6-10;10:8;13:10 ga 6:1 1th 5:14

jude 22,23

 * admonish

 # ps 141:5 pr 9:9;25:12 mat 18:15 1co 4:14 tit 3:10 ja 5:19,20

@2Th3:16

 * the Lord of

 # ps 72:3,7 is 9:6,7 zec 6:13 lu 2:14 jno 14:27 ro 15:33;16:20

 # 1co 14:33 2co 5:19-21;13:11 ep 2:14-17 1th 5:23 he 7:2;13:20

 * give

 # nu 6:26 ju 6:24 ps 29:11;85:8-10 is 26:12;45:7;54:10;66:12

 # hag 2:9 jno 16:33 ro 1:7 php 4:7-9

 * the Lord be

 # 18 1sa 17:37;20:13 ps 46:7,11 is 8:10 mat 1:23;28:20 2ti 4:22

phm 25

@2Th3:17

 * with

 # 1co 16:21 col 4:18

 * the token

 # 1:5 jos 2:12 1sa 17:18

@2Th3:18

 # ro 16:20,24

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