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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:2

know . App-132 . commandments . Greek. parangelia. Compare 1 Timothy 1:18 (charge). Lord . App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:3

will . App-102 . sanctification . Greek. hagiasmos. See Romans 6:19 . abstain . Greek. apechomai. See Acts 15:20 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:4

every = each. possess . Greek. ktaomai. See Luke 21:19 . his = his own. vessel . Greek. skeuos . Compare 1 Peter 3:7 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:5

lust . Greek. pathos. See Romans 1:26 . The Revised Version renders it "passion". concupiscence = lust, or desire. Gentiles = Gentiles also. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:6

no man = that he (should) not ( App-105 ). go beyond . Greek. huperbaino. Only here. defraud . Greek. pleonekteo. See 2 Corinthians 2:11 . any = the. avenger . Greek. ekdikos. Only here and Romans 13:4 . of = concerning. App-104 . such = such (sins). also have forewarned = forewarned also. Greek. proeipo. Only here; Acts 1:16 . Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:21 . testified . Greek. diamarturomai. See Acts 2:40 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:7

hath . Omit. unto . App-104 . unto . App-104 . holiness . Same as "sanctification", 1 Thessalonians 4:3 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:8

despiseth . Greek. atheteo. See John 12:48 . man . App-123 . hath also given . The texts read "giveth". unto . App-104 . us . The texts read "you". holy Spirit . Though there are two articles, the reference is to the gifts of Acts 2:4 , the Spirit being always the Giver. App-101 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:9

as touching . App-104 . brotherly love . Greek. Philadelphia. See Romans 12:10 . unto = to. taught of God . Greek. theodidaktos. Only here. love . App-135 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:2

For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.Through the Lord Jesus ... This is best understood as a variant of Paul's famed "in the Lord Jesus." See under preceding verse. Inherent is the truth that Paul's instructions had been those of the Lord himself. As Moffatt said:The apostles gave their orders on the authority of their commission and revelation from the Lord whom they interpret to his followers .... This appealed to the saying of Jesus which formed a part of "the unwritten... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye abstain from fornication;Even your sanctification ... Paul was about to cite three things which entered into sanctification: (a) abstaining from fornication; (b) possessing one's vessel in a state of honor; and (c) refraining from defrauding a brother in this matter. Behold then the true definition of sanctification, which may be summed up in a word, moral living. Sanctification is not therefore some kind of special or second... read more

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