And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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Gill's Exposition
And to wait for his Son from heaven,.... The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the natural, essential, and eternal Son of God; and whoever is truly converted, is not only turned to God the Father, and…
Barnes' Notes
And to wait for his Son from heaven - It is clear from this and from other parts of these two Epistles, that the return of the Lord Jesus to this world was a prominent subject of the preaching of Paul…
Adam Clarke
And to wait for his Son from heaven - To expect a future state of glory, and resurrection of the body, according to the Gospel doctrine, after the example of Jesus Christ, who was raised from the…
In these words we have the evidence of the apostle's success among the Thessalonians, which was notorious and famous in several places. For,
I. They were careful in their holy conversation to imitate…
Cambridge Bible
and to wait for his Son from heaven… even Jesus Lit., from the heavens: comp. 2Co 12:2, "the third heaven;" and Heb 4:14, "Jesus, … Who (in ascending) hath passed through the heavens." Heavenis a…
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