1 Thessalonians 4:1

PART SECOND.

THE PROSPECTIVE AND HORTATORY SECTION, 1 Thessalonians 4:1 to 1 Thessalonians 5:28.

1. Exhortation to sanctification, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8.

1. Furthermore Λοιπον ουν . Finally, then. The writer has finished the history, and proposes to conclude; but his conclusion, in the glow of thought, becomes nearly as long as his history. The then, or therefore, indicates that this second, or hortatory part, is deduced from the first part, and specially from 1 Thessalonians 3:13, the stablish… holiness.

Beseech you… and exhort Literally, we ask you, as a favour; and we exhort you as your duty. By Rather, in. It is not adjuratory, but states the exhortation to be in Jesus.

How Literally, the how; the method and type of the new Christian holiness, unknown to the world hitherto.

Abound If we have the true type of holiness, we cannot be too holy, although we may make too high a profession; and we may change the type by giving it an overdoing spirit. The true type recognises the proper modifications.