Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear,.... Or "bear", as the word properly signifies; or "bear that", as the Ethiopic version reads; that is, "that desire", as the Arabic version renders it; that…
Barnes' Notes
Wherefore - See 1Th 2:18. This particle (διὸ dio) is designed here to refer to another proof of his affection for them. One evidence had been referred to in his strong desire to visit them, which he…
Adam Clarke
Wherefore, when we could no longer, etc. - The apostle was anxious to hear of their state, and as he could obtain no information without sending a messenger express, he therefore sent Timothy from…
In these words the apostle gives an account of his sending Timothy to the Thessalonians. Though he was hindered from going to them himself, yet his love was such that he could not forbear sending…
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St Paul's Present Relations to the Thessalonians. Ch. 1Th 2:17 to 1Th 3:13
The Apostle had been drawn aside in the last paragraph, by a sudden and characteristic burst of feeling, from…
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