For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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Gill's Exposition
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,.... As for their election of God, Th1 1:4 so for their effectual calling by his grace, to his kingdom and glory, just now mentioned, as well as for…
Barnes' Notes
For this cause also thank we God - In addition to the reasons for thankfulness already suggested, the apostle here refers to the fact that they received the truth, when it was preached, in such a way…
Adam Clarke
Ye received the word of God - Ye received the doctrine of God, not as any thing fabricated by man, but as coming immediately from God himself, we being only his messengers to declare what he had…
Here observe, I. The apostle makes mention of the success of his ministry among these Thessalonians (Th1 2:13), which is expressed,
1. By the manner of their receiving the word of God: When you…
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Jewish Persecutors of the Church. Ch. 1Th 2:13-16
This short paragraph is of peculiar interest. The Apostle was at the time exposed in his Gentile mission to the bitterest persecution…
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