1Thessalonians:1:5

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rwp @1Thessalonians:1:5 @{How that } (\hoti \). It is not certain whether \hoti \ here means "because " (\quia \) as in strkjv @2Thessalonians:3:7 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:2:14 ; strkjv @Romans:8:27 | or declarative \hoti \ "how that ," knowing the circumstances of your election (Lightfoot ) or explanatory , as in strkjv @Acts:16:3 ; strkjv @1Thessalonians:2:1 ; strkjv @1Corinthians:16:15 ; strkjv @2Corinthians:12:3f .; strkjv @Romans:13:11 |. {Our gospel } (\to euaggelion h ˆm “n \). The gospel (see on ¯Matthew:4:23 ; strkjv @Mark:1:1 ,15 | for \euaggelion \) which we preach , Paul 's phrase also in strkjv @2Thessalonians:2:14 ; strkjv @2Corinthians:4:3 ; strkjv @Romans:2:16 ; strkjv @16:25 ; strkjv @2Timothy:2:8 |. Paul had a definite , clear-cut message of grace that he preached everywhere including Thessalonica . This message is to be interpreted in the light of Paul 's own sermons in Acts and Epistles , not by reading backward into them the later perversions of Gnostics and sacramentarians . This very word was later applied to the books about Jesus , but Paul is not so using the term here or anywhere else . In its origin Paul 's gospel is of God (1Thessalonians:2:2 ,8 ,9 |), in its substance it is Christ 's (3:2 ; strkjv @2Thessalonians:1:8 |), and Paul is only the bearer of it (1Thessalonians:2:4 ,9 ; strkjv @2Thessalonians:2:14 |) as Milligan points out . Paul and his associates have been entrusted with this gospel (1Thessalonians:2:4 |) and preach it (Galatians:2:2 |). Elsewhere Paul calls it God 's gospel (2Corinthians:11:7 ; strkjv @Romans:1:1 ; strkjv @15:16 |) or Christs (1Corinthians:9:12 ; strkjv @2Corinthians:2:12 ; strkjv @9:13 ; strkjv @10:14 ; strkjv @Galatians:1:7 ; strkjv @Romans:15:19 ; strkjv @Phillipians:1:27 |). In both instances it is the subjective genitive . {Came unto you } (\egen ˆth ˆ eis hum ƒs \). First aorist passive indicative of \ginomai \ in practically same sense as \egeneto \ (second aorist middle indicative as in the late Greek generally ). Songs:also \eis hum ƒs \ like the _Koin ‚ _ is little more than the dative \humin \ (Robertson , _Grammar_ , p . 594 ). {Not only--but also } (\ouk--monon , alla kai \). Sharp contrast , negatively and positively . The contrast between \logos \ (word ) and \dunamis \ (power ) is seen also in strkjv @1Corinthians:2:4 ; strkjv @4:20 |. Paul does not refer to miracles by \dunamis \. {In the Holy Spirit and much assurance } (\en pneumati hagi “i kai pl ˆrophori ƒi poll ˆi \). Preposition \en \ repeated with \log “i , dunamei \, but only once here thus uniting closely {Holy Spirit } and {much assurance }. No article with either word . The word \pl ˆrophori ƒi \ is not found in ancient Greek or the LXX . It appears once in Clement of Rome and one broken papyrus example . For the verb \pl ˆrophore “\ see on ¯Luke:1:1 |. The substantive in the N .T . only here and strkjv @Colossians:2:2 ; strkjv @Hebrews:6:11 ; strkjv @10:22 |. It means the full confidence which comes from the Holy Spirit . {Even as ye know } (\kath “s oidate \). Paul appeals to the Thessalonians themselves as witnesses to the character of his preaching and life among them . {What manner of men we showed ourselves toward you } (\hoioi egen ˆth ˆmen humin \). Literally , {What sort of men we became to you }. Qualitative relative \hoioi \ and dative \humin \ and first aorist passive indicative \egen ˆth ˆmen \, (not \ˆmetha \, we were ). An epexegetical comment with {for your sake } (\di ' hum ƒs \) added . It was all in their interest and for their advantage , however it may have seemed otherwise at the time .

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