PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Thessalonians
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 43,211 words · 72 reading sections
1 Thessalonians 5:9
1 Thessalonians 5:9 Ver. 9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath,.... To destruction and ruin, the effect of wrath; though there are some that are vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, of old ordained to condemnation, and who are reserved for the day of evil; but there are others who are equally children of wrat…
270 wordsSECTION 621 Thessalonians 5:10
1 Thessalonians 5:10 Ver. 10. Who died for us,.... The elect of God, who are not appointed to wrath, but to salvation by Christ, on which account he died for them; not merely as a martyr to confirm his doctrine, or only by way of example, but as a surety, in the room and stead of his people; as a sacrifice for their s…
506 wordsSECTION 631 Thessalonians 5:11
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Ver. 11. Wherefore comfort yourselves together,.... Either with the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, the second coming of Christ, and the thoughts of being for ever with him, and one another, and so may be a repetition of the advice in 1Th 4:18 or with this consideration, that they were n…
434 wordsSECTION 641 Thessalonians 5:12
1 Thessalonians 5:12 Ver. 12. And we beseech you, brethren,.... Not in a natural or civil, but spiritual relation; and what follows relating to the ministers of the word, the apostle addresses this church on their behalf, not in an imperious and authoritative manner, but by way of entreaty, with great humility and str…
853 wordsSECTION 651 Thessalonians 5:13
1 Thessalonians 5:13 Ver. 13. And to esteem them very highly,.... Or, as the Ethiopic version renders it, "honour them abundantly"; for such are worthy of double honour, and to be had in reputation; they should be honourably thought of, and be high in the affections of the saints, who should esteem them better than th…
474 wordsSECTION 661 Thessalonians 5:14
1 Thessalonians 5:14 Ver. 14. Now we exhort you, brethren,.... This is said either to the ministers of the word that laboured among them, presided over them, and admonished them; and the rather, because some of these things here directed to are pressed upon the members of the church in 1Th 5:11 and which otherwise mus…
369 wordsSECTION 671 Thessalonians 5:15
1 Thessalonians 5:15 Ver. 15. See that none render evil for evil unto any man,.... Not an ill word for an ill word, railing for railing, nor an ill action for an ill action; no, not to any man whatever, not to an enemy, a persecutor, a profane person, as well as not to a brother, a believer in Christ; and this the sai…
238 wordsSECTION 681 Thessalonians 5:16
1 Thessalonians 5:16 Ver. 16. Rejoice evermore. Not in a carnal, but in a spiritual way, with joy in the Holy Ghost; and which arises from a view of pardon by the blood of Christ, of justification by his righteousness, and atonement by his sacrifice; not in themselves, as the wicked man rejoices in his wickedness, and…
358 wordsSECTION 691 Thessalonians 5:17
1 Thessalonians 5:17 Ver. 17. Pray without ceasing. Not that saints should be always on their knees, or ever lifting up their hands, and vocally calling upon God; this is not required of them, and would clash with, and break in upon other parts of religious worship, and the duties of civil life, which are to be attend…
414 wordsSECTION 701 Thessalonians 5:18
1 Thessalonians 5:18 Ver. 18. In everything give thanks,.... That is, to God the Father, in the name of Christ; see Eph 5:20 thanks are to be given to him for all things, as the Ethiopic version renders it; for all temporal good things; for our beings, the preservation of them; for food and raiment, and all the mercie…
440 wordsSECTION 711 Thessalonians 5:19
1 Thessalonians 5:19 Ver. 19. Quench not the spirit. By which is meant, not the person of the Spirit, but either the graces of the spirit, which may be compared to light, and fire, and heat, to which the allusion is in the text; such as faith, which is a light in the soul, a seeing of the Son, and an evidence of thing…
418 wordsSECTION 721 Thessalonians 5:20
1 Thessalonians 5:20 Ver. 20. Despise not prophesyings. Or "prophecies"; the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the first coming of Christ, concerning his person, office, and work, his obedience, sufferings, and death, his resurrection from the dead, ascension and session at God's right hand; for though all th…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.