1 Thessalonians 2

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1. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

   Holiness and Blamelessness cites 1 Thess. ii. 10

   …before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.’—1 Thess. ii. 10, iii. 12, 13. ‘He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be…

2. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8

   …over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.” Chapter 3 — George Herbert 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8 — “Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, so we cared for you. Because we loved…

3. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 Thess. 2:2

   …I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.” 1 Thess. 2:2, “We were bold in our God, to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.”…

4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 5

   …sin can dress itself in the attire of virtue. It is called the ‘cloak of covetousness.’ 1 Thess 2: 5. It is a sin that wears a cloak, it cloaks itself under the name of frugality and good…

5. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 1 Thess. 2:6

   …sought not glory, not only of Heathens and Jews, but of Christians; as he declares, 1 Thess. 2:6.6666 Mr. Shepard, speaking of hypocrites affecting applause, says, “Hence men forsake…

6. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   George Herbert — The Country Parson Who Made the Ordinary Holy cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8

   …we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well” (1 Thessalonians 2:7–8, NIV). This sharing of life — not merely of information — was, Herbert believed, what…

7. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   John Newton — The Former Slave Trader Who Shepherded with Grace cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7

   …Paul described: “We were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children” (1 Thessalonians 2:7, NIV). This gentleness was not the gentleness of someone who had never known real…

8. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 1 Thess. 2:7

   …Cor. 2:4; and of his “affectionate and tender love,” as of a nurse towards her children, 1 Thess. 2:7, 8: “But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children; so, being…

9. Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor · Ochorus Originals

   Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Mary Slessor cites 1 Thessalonians 2:8

   …the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us” (1 Thessalonians 2:8, ASV). 23. The Greatest of These Is Love Her faith was often weak and her hope sometimes…

10. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites 1 Thessalonians 2:9

    …to be supported by the churches, he worked with his own hands as a tentmaker (Acts 18:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:9). He did not want to be a burden. He wanted to model the dignity of labor. He said to the…

11. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility and Sin cites 1 Thessalonians 2:10

    …God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.” (1 Thessalonians 2:10). “For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world…

12. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 Thess. ii. 11

    …you, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory." [1 Thess. ii. 11, 12] You perhaps, Claudius, have often heard these words, without ever thinking how much…

13. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    Christ the Believer's Husband cites 1 Thess. 2:11–12

    …you do, do all to the glory of God;” and as he also speaks to the Thessalonians, 1 Thess. 2:11–12, “As you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you (as a father…

14. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Effectual Calling cites I Thess 2:12

    …out of a prison to sit upon a throne. ‘Who has called you to his kingdom and glory.’ I Thess 2:12. Whom God calls he crowns with a weight of glory. 2 Cor 4:17. The Hebrew word for glory…

15. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Bible Study cites 1 Thess. 2: 13

    …as it is in truth, the Word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe” (1 Thess. 2: 13). Happy is the one who receives the Word of God as these believers in Thessalonica…

16. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Professed Skeptics and Infidels cites 1 Thes. ii. 13

    …26, and xvi. 12, 13, are useful as containing Christ’s indorsement of the New Testament. 1 Thes. ii. 13, can be used with good effect to meet the statement which is often made, that Paul…

17. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

    Martyn Lloyd-Jones — The Doctor Who Healed Souls cites 1 Thessalonians 2:13

    …but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe” (1 Thessalonians 2:13, NIV). The Word was at work — not the preacher, not the sermon, but the Word itself…

18. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    Inspiration, or to What Extent Is the Bible Inspired of God? cites 1 Thess. 2:13

    …Himself said in so many words that the law given through Moses was "the Word of God." In 1 Thess. 2:13 the Apostle Paul claims that his own epistles and teachings are "the Word of God." He…

19. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit Bringing Forth in the Believer Christ- Like Graces of Character cites 1 Thessalonians 2:13

    …do His work and bear His fruit. This is “sanctification of the Spirit ” (1 Peter 1:2-2, 1 Thessalonians 2:13). There is a sense, however, in which cultivating graces of character is right., we look…

20. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Power of God's Word cites 1 Thessalonians 2: 13

    …of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.” — 1 Thessalonians 2: 13. The value of the words of a man depends upon my knowledge of him who speaks. What a…

21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 13

    …of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as it is in truth) the word of God.’ 1 Thess 2: 13. When Samuel knew it was the Lord that spake to him, he lent his ear. 1 Sam 3: 10. If we…

22. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

    The Soul’s Proper Food cites 1 THESSALONIANS 2:13

    …as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 THESSALONIANS 2:13 People sometimes say we should study the Bible like any other book. Torrey granted that…

23. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.3 The Word cites 1 Thess 2:13

    …best of these ordinances. The ‘word . . . which effectually worketh in you that believe.’ 1 Thess 2:13. What is meant by the word’s working effectually? The word of God is said to work…

24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 1 Thess. 2:13

    …(as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe” (1 Thess. 2:13). Again, in another place, “He that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of…

25. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Inspiration cites 1 Thess. ii. 13

    …holds a Bible in his hand should know that he holds “not the word of man but of God.” (1 Thess. ii. 13.) Concerning the precise extent to which the Bible is inspired, I freely admit that…

26. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites 1 Thess 2: 16

    …This wrath has something in it positive. It is ‘wrath come upon them to the uttermost.’ 1 Thess 2: 16. [I] God’s wrath is irresistible. ‘Who knoweth the power of thine anger?’ Psa 90: 11.…

27. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites I Thess 2:16

    …souls. Now, such as would hinder the preaching of the word fight against God’s glory. I Thess 2:16. ‘Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles, that they might be saved.’ Diocletian, who…

28. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 17 — Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence cites 1 Thess. 2:18

    …this conviction, Paul, who had said in one place that his journey was hindered by Satan (1 Thess. 2:18), in another resolves, with the permission of God, to undertake it (1 Cor. 16:7). If he…

29. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites 1 Thessalonians 2:18

    …Lord, it is harvest-time, put in thy sickle and reap. August 7 “Satan hindered us.” (1 Thessalonians 2:18) Since the first hour in which goodness came into conflict with evil, it has never ceased…

30. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Following the Pillar of Cloud and Fire cites 1 Thess. ii. 18

    …scheming and struggling, and he will brook no delay. Whenever Satan acts as a hinderer (1 Thess. ii. 18) the obstacles which he puts in our way need not dismay us; God permits them to delay or…

31. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites 1 Thess 2: 19

    …apostle calls the Thessalonians his crown. ‘What is our crown of rejoicing? are not ye?’ 1 Thess 2: 19. A thriving people are a minister’s crown. When there is a metamorphosis, a change…

32. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites 1 Thess. 2.19

    …ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? For ye are our glory and joy’ (1 Thess. 2.19, 20). These, I say, with many others of a like nature, have been great refreshments to…

33. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards · Jonathan Edwards

    A Farewell Sermon cites 1 Thess. ii. 19

    …Such people, and their faithful ministers, shall be each other’s crown of rejoicing: 1 Thess. ii. 19, 20, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the…

34. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Preface, or Brief Account of the Publishing of This Work cites 1 Thess. 2.20

    …also, before both God and men, is great refreshment to me; ‘For ye are my glory and joy’ (1 Thess. 2.20). I have sent you here enclosed, a drop of that honey, that I have taken out of the…

35. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 25 — Of the Last Resurrection cites 1 Thess. 2:20

    …of glory in heaven will also be unequal. When Paul says, “Ye are our glory and our joy,” (1 Thess. 2:20), his words do not apply indiscriminately to all; nor do those of our Savior to his…

36. Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor · Ochorus Originals

    Everybody’s Mother cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8

    …gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.” — 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, ASV What She Left When Mary Slessor died, the churches she had begun along the Enyong…

37. Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael · Ochorus Originals

    Amma cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8

    …gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.” — 1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, ASV A Name The children of Dohnavur called Amy Carmichael Amma. In Tamil the word means…

38. Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

    …real and mythologised; what remains beyond dispute is her love. Scriptures to revisit 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Mark 14:3-9; 1 Corinthians 13. Reflection 1. What in her life would you like to imitate…

39. Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12

    …an institution, and to give the children Indian lives in Christ. Scriptures to revisit 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Galatians 3:28. Reflection 1. What is the difference between a home and an institution?…