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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that despiseth ,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "these things"; these exhortations now delivered, the commandments given by the Lord Jesus Christ, and the will of God above declared; he that rejects these things with contempt, takes no notice of them, and acts not according to them, despiseth not man ; not men only, the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel; for, by despising these exhortations, they themselves were despised, though not alone: but God; Father, Son,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:9

But as touching brotherly love ,.... Another branch of sanctification; which is distinct from love to God and Christ, though it always accompanies it, and from love to all mankind; and is what is peculiar to brethren in a spiritual relation, and ought to be universal, fervent, and sincere, and as Christ has loved them: concerning which the following things are said, ye need not that I write unto you . The Vulgate Latin version reads, "we have no need to write unto you"; and so some... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:2

Ye know what commandments we gave you - This refers to his instructions while he was among them; and to instructions on particular subjects, which he does not recapitulate, but only hints at. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:3

This is the will of God, even your sanctification - God has called you to holiness; he requires that you should be holy; for without holiness none can see the Lord. This is the general calling, but in it many particulars are included. Some of these he proceeds to mention; and it is very likely that these had been points on which he gave them particular instructions while among them. That ye should abstain from fornication - The word πορνεια , as we have seen in other places, includes... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:4

How to possess his vessel - Let every man use his wife for the purpose alone for which God created her, and instituted marriage. The word σκευος answers to the Hebrew כלי keli , which, though it signifies vessel in general, has several other meanings. That the rabbins frequently express wife by it, Schoettgen largely proves; and to me it appears very probable that the apostle uses it in that sense here. St. Peter calls the wife the weaker Vessel, 1 Peter 3:7 . Others think that the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:5

Not in the lust of concupiscence - Having no rational object, aim, nor end. Some say, "not like beasts;" but this does not apply as they who use it wish, for the males and females of the brute creation are regular and consistent in their intercourse, and scarcely ever exceed such bounds as reason itself would prescribe to those most capable of observing and obeying its dictates. The Gentiles which know not God - These are the beasts; their own brutes are rational creatures when compared... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:6

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother - That no man should by any means endeavor to corrupt the wife of another, or to alienate her affections or fidelity from her husband; this I believe to be the apostle's meaning, though some understand it of covetousness, overreaching, tricking, cheating, and cozenage in general. The Lord is the avenger of all such - He takes up the cause of the injured husband wherever the case has not been detected by man, and all such vices he will... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:7

God hath not called us unto uncleanness - He is the creator of male and female, and the institutor of marriage, and he has called men and women to this state; but the end of this and all the other callings of God to man is holiness, not uncleanness. And they who use the marriage state as he directs, will find it conducive to their holiness and perfection. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that despiseth - He who will not receive these teachings, and is led either to undervalue or despise them, despises not us but God, from whom we have received our commission, and by whose Spirit we give these directions. See Clarke's note on 1 Thessalonians 4:15 . Hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit - Instead of εις ἡμας , unto Us, εις ὑμας , unto You, is the reading of BDEFG, a great many others, the Syriac, all the Arabic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:9

Touching brotherly love - They were remarkable for this; and though the apostle appears to have had this as a topic on which he intended to write to them, yet, from the account which he received of their prosperous state by Timothy, he finds that it is unnecessary to spend any time in inculcating a doctrine which they fully understood and practised. See 1 Thessalonians 3:6 . read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:9

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