Verse 6
6. And ye—answering to "For our Gospel," 1 Thessalonians 1:5.
followers—Greek, "imitators." The Thessalonians in their turn became "ensamples" (1 Thessalonians 1:7) for others to imitate.
of the Lord—who was the apostle of the Father, and taught the word, which He brought from heaven, under adversities [BENGEL]. This was the point in which they imitated Him and His apostles, joyful witness for the word in much affliction: the second proof of their election of God (1 Thessalonians 1:7- :); 1 Thessalonians 1:5 is the first (see on 1 Thessalonians 1:5).
received the word in much affliction— (1 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 3:2-5; Acts 17:5-10).
joy of—that is, wrought by "the Holy Ghost." "The oil of gladness" wherewith the Son of God was "anointed above His fellows" (Psalms 45:7), is the same oil with which He, by the Spirit, anoints His fellows too (Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 61:3; Romans 14:17; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27).
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