Ver.g. The overwhelming manifesta- tion of the divine glory sweeps from be- fore it (pregnant ἀπὸ) into endless ruin the disobedient (Ps. Ixxvi. 7) men who {see Moulton, gt f.) shall pay the penalty of (see Prov. xxvii. 12, LXX) eternal de- struction (the common apocalyptic belief, see Volz, Fiid. Eschat., 286 f.).
Ver. το. ἐπιστώθη, like the variant ἐπιστεύθη, is suggested by πιστεύουσιν (cf. a similar instance in ili. 3). The abrupt parenthesis (‘‘ you included—for’’) shows how Paul was thinking of the Thessalonians especially, while he de- picted the bliss οἱ the saints in general.——
credit and honour to their apostles (1., ii. το f.); im another, they were a glory to Christ Himself, by their ripened character—a Johannine touch (cf. John xvil. Io, and ver. 12 of this chapter ; the parallel between ἔργον πίστεως and John vi. 29 is verbal).—8aup. = to be wondered at (by whom? cf. Ezek. xxxix. 21, Eph. iii. 10?) im (i.e., by reason of, on account of) believers ; for a partial parallel to the phrase see Isa. Ixti. 6 (καὶ ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτῶν θαυμασθήσεσθε). Ἡ ὅτι ... ὑμᾶς had been meant to give the reason for θαυμασθῆναι (so Zimmer, Wohl.), Paul would probably have put God’s wit- ness instead of our witness, and expressed the idea unambiguously ; the transition from the πᾶσιν to the special case of the Thessalonians becomes, on this construc- tion, an anti-climax. The rhythmical swing of 7b-10 suggests a reminiscence or quotation of some early Christian lit- urgical hymn, perhaps one of the pro- phetic wadpot which he had heard at Corinth (1 Cor. xiv. 15, 26).
Ver. 11. καὶ κ.τ.λ., we pray as well as render thanks (ver. 3) for you. Un- able any longer to give the Thessalonians their personal example and instructions— the time for that had passed (ἐπιστώθη)--- Paul and his colleagues can still pray for them. The duties of a preacher or evangelist do not cease with the utter- ance of his message. ἀξιώσῃ: one proof that God deemed them worthy of
ἐνδοξ., in one sense they were to be ag His kingdom lay in the discipline of
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