2 Thessalonians 2:16 KJV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

2:13-3:18 PRESENT NEEDS IN THE CHURCHStability amid persecution (2:13-3:5)From considering the terrible judgment that awaits the wicked, Paul turns to look at the bright future that awaits the Thessalonian believers. God will destroy the man of lawlessness and his followers, but the same God loves the Thessalonian believers. Their salvation is certain because God chose them as his from eternity, called them to himself through the gospel, and will in due course give them a share in Christ’s... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Thessalonians 2:16

even . Omit. Father . App-98 . hath . Omit. hath given = gave. everlasting . App-151 . consolation . Greek. paraklesis. See Luke 6:24 .Acts 4:36 . grace . App-184 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.As so frequently in Paul's writings, there is here an eloquent inadvertent testimonial witnessing the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Gloag noted that:These verbs (comfort your hearts and establish them) are in the singular number, but their nominative is our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father, thus... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:16

16, 17. himself—by His own might, as contrasted with our feebleness; ensuring the efficacy of our prayer. Here our Lord Jesus stands first; in :-, "God our Father." which . . . loved us—in the work of our redemption. Referring both to our Lord Jesus (Romans 8:37; Galatians 2:20) and God our Father (Galatians 2:20- :). everlasting consolation—not transitory, as worldly consolations in trials (Romans 8:38; Romans 8:39). This for all time present, and then "good hope" for the future [ALFORD].... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

IV. THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER 2:13-17Paul proceeded to give thanks for his readers’ salvation and to pray for their steadfastness to help them appreciate their secure position in holding fast to apostolic teaching. These verses form a transition between the didactic and hortatory sections of the epistle. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

B. Prayer for strength 2:16-17As part of a bridge between his instructions (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12) and exhortations (2 Thessalonians 3:1-15), Paul added this prayer for the Thessalonians. He petitioned God for their encouragement and strength (cf. 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 2 Thessalonians 3:3)."Addressing his prayer to the first two persons of the Trinity, Paul names the Son before the Father (contra 1 Thessalonians 3:11), probably in line with the Son’s worthiness of equal... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 2 Thessalonians 2:16

2:16 consolation (k-20) As 2 Corinthians 1:4 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

The Great Apostasy2. Spirit] i.e. a pretended revelation uttered by a false prophet. Letter as from us] perhaps a forged letter (the probable meaning), cp. 2 Thessalonians 3:17, or a misunderstanding of the First Epistle.3-10. It will be convenient to. treat this difficult passage as a whole. Literally translated, it runs thus: ’Let no man deceive you in any wise: for [the Final Presence of our Lord shall not be] except (or till) the falling away come first and the Man of Lawlessness be... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Thessalonians 2:16

(16) Now.—Better, And, connecting closely the prayer with the exhortation, just as in 1 Thessalonians 5:23. “Again,” says St. Chrysostom, “prayer after advice: this is to help in earnest.” The word “Himself,” as in the passage cited, contrasts the Almighty power of our Lord with the partial instructions and feeble help which even Apostles could give, and with the impotence of the Thessalonian Christians to stand firm in their own strength.Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

The Second Advent 2 Thessalonians 2:1 'Our gathering together!' These words touch a note which ought to find a response in every part of the world. Man is a social being; and, go where you will, people as a rule like 'gathering together'. Christmas, e.g., is peculiarly a time when English people like to 'gather together'; it is the season when family meetings have become a national institution, in town and country, among rich and poor. It is indeed the one time in the twelvemonth, with many,... read more