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Selected Verse: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 - Strong Concordance
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| 1Th 1:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Remembering [3421] without ceasing [89] your [5216] work [2041] of faith [4102], and [2532] labour [2873] of love [26], and [2532] patience [5281] of hope [1680] in our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], in the sight [1715] of God [2316] and [2532] our [2257] Father [3962]; |
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King James |
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
work of faith--the working reality of your faith; its alacrity in receiving the truth, and in evincing itself by its fruits. Not an otiose assent; but a realizing, working faith; not "in word only," but in one continuous chain of "work" (singular, not plural, works), Th1 1:5-10; Jam 2:22. So "the work of faith" in Th2 1:11 implies its perfect development (compare Jam 1:4). The other governing substantives similarly mark respectively the characteristic manifestation of the grace which follows each in the genitive. Faith, love, and hope, are the three great Christian graces (Th1 5:8; Co1 13:13).
labour of love--The Greek implies toil, or troublesome labor, which we are stimulated by love to bear (Th1 2:9; Rev 2:2). For instances of self-denying labors of love, see Act 20:35; Rom 16:12. Not here ministerial labors. Those who shun trouble for others, love little (compare Heb 6:10).
patience--Translate, "endurance of hope"; the persevering endurance of trials which flows from "hope." Rom 15:4 shows that "patience" also nourishes "hope."
hope in our Lord Jesus--literally, "hope of our Lord Jesus," namely, of His coming (Th1 1:10): a hope that looked forward beyond all present things for the manifestation of Christ.
in the sight of God and our Father--Your "faith, hope, and love" were not merely such as would pass for genuine before men, but "in the sight of God," the Searcher of hearts [GOMARUS]. Things are really what they are before God. BENGEL takes this clause with "remembering." Whenever we pray, we remember before God your faith, hope, and love. But its separation from "remembering" in the order, and its connection with "your . . . faith," &c., make me to prefer the former view.
and, &c.--The Greek implies, "in the sight of Him who is [at once] God and our Father." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Remembering without ceasing - Remembering your faith and love whenever we pray. This is not to be understood literally, but it is language such as we use respecting anything that interests us much. It is constantly in our mind. Such an interest the apostle had in the churches which he had established.
Your work of faith - That is, your showing or evincing faith. The reference is probably to acts of duty, holiness, and benevolence, which proved that they exercised faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Works of faith are those to which faith prompts, and which show that there is faith in the heart. This does not mean, therefore, a work of their own producing faith, but a work which showed that they had faith.
And labour of love - Labour produced by love, or showing that you are actuated by love. Such would be all their kindness toward the poor, the oppressed, and the afflicted; and all their acts which showed that they loved the souls of people.
And patience of hope - Patience in your trials, showing that you have such a hope of future blessedness as to sustain you in your afflictions. It was the hope of heaven through the Lord Jesus that gave them patience; see the notes on Rom 8:24. "The phrases here are Hebraisims, meaning active faith, and laborious love, and patient hope, and might have been so translated." Doddridge.
In our Lord Jesus Christ - That is, your hope is founded only on him. The only hope that we have of heaven is through the Redeemer.
In the sight of God and our Father - Before God, even our Father. It is a hope which we have through the merits of the Redeemer, and which we are permitted to cherish before God; that is, in his very presence. When we think of God; when we reflect that we must soon stand before him, we are permitted to cherish this hope. It is a hope which will be found to be genuine even in the presence of a holy and heart-searching God. This does not mean that it had been merely professed before God, but that it was a hope which they might dare to entertain even in the presence of God, and which would bear the scrutiny of his eye. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
work of faith
Literally, operative faith, and laborious love, and hope-filled patience. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Without ceasing (ἀδιαλείπτως)
Po. In lxx see 1 Macc. 7:11; 2 Macc. 3:26; 9:4; 8:12; 15:7; 3 Macc. 6:33. Should be construed with making mention, not with remembering, as A.V. and Rev. The salutations of Paul reproduce ordinary conventional forms of greeting. Thus the familiar Greek greeting χαίρειν be joyful, hail, welcome, appears in χάρις grace. This was perceived by Theodore of Mopsuestia (350-428 a.d.), who, in his commentary on Ephesians, says that in the preface to that letter Paul does very much as we do when we say "So and so to So and so, greeting" (ὁ δεῖνα τῷ δεῖνι χαίρειν). Deissmann gives some interesting parallels from ancient papyri. For instance, a letter dated 172 b.c., from an Egyptian lady to her brother or husband: "Isias to her brother Hephaestion, greeting (χαίρειν). If you are well, and other things happen as you would wish, it would be in accordance with my constant prayer to the gods. I myself am well, and the boy; and all at home make constant remembrance of you. Comp. Rom 1:9; Eph 1:16; Plm 1:4. Again: "Ammonios to his sister Tachnumi, abundant greeting (τὰ πλεῖστα χαίρειν). Before all things, I pray that you may be in health; and each day I make the act of worship for you." In these specimens the conventional salutations in correspondence include the general greeting (χαίρειν) and the statement that prayer is made for the correspondent's welfare; and the words constant and daily are attached to the act of prayer. It is further to be noticed that many passages of Paul's Epistles give evidence of having been shaped by expressions in letters received by him from the parties he is addressing. In his answer he gives them back their own words, as is common in correspondence. Thus, making mention of you and remembering your work, etc., together with the statement that Timothy reports that you have a good remembrance of us (Th1 3:6), all together suggest that Paul had before him, when writing to the Thessalonians, a letter which Timothy had brought from them. Other instances will be noted as they occur.
Work - labor - patience (ἔπργου - κόπου - ὑπομονῆς)
Ἔργον work, may mean either the act, the simple transaction, or the process of dealing with anything, or the result of the dealing, - as a book or a picture is called a work. Κόπος labor, from κόπτειν to strike or hew; hence, laborious, painful exertion. Ὑπομονὴ patience, patient endurance and faithful persistence in toil and suffering. See on Pe2 1:6; see on Jam 5:7. The genitives, of faith, love, hope, mark the generating principles of the work and labor and patience, which set their stamp upon each; thus, work which springs from faith, and is characteristic of faith. The phrase patience of hope is found only here; but see Rom 5:4; Rom 8:25; Rom 15:4; Co1 8:7; Heb 7:11, Heb 7:12. ὑπομονὴ in lxx, see Ch1 29:15; Job 14:19; Psa 9:18; Psa 38:7; Jeremiah 1 Jer 4:8. We have here the great triad of Christian graces, corresponding to Co1 8:1-13. Hope is prominent throughout the two Epistles. The triad appears, Th1 5:8; Gal 5:5, Gal 5:6; Co1 8:13; Eph 4:2-5; Col 1:4, Col 1:5; Heb 10:22-24; Pe1 1:21-22. Comp. Th1 2:9; Th1 5:8; Th2 3:5, Th2 3:8; Co1 15:10, Co1 15:58; Co2 11:27; Rev 2:2.
In our Lord, etc. (τοῦ κυρίου)
Lit. of our Lord. For a similar use of the genitive, see Joh 5:42; Jo1 2:5, Jo1 2:15; Act 9:31; Rom 1:5;Rom 3:18, Rom 3:22, Rom 3:26, etc. Connect with hope only.
Before our God and Father
Const. with remembering, and comp. Th1 2:19; Th1 3:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Remembering in the sight of God - That is, praising him for it. Your work of faith - Your active, ever - working faith. And labour of love - Love continually labouring for the bodies or souls of men. They who do not thus labour, do not love. Faith works, love labours, hope patiently suffers all things. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Your work of faith - This verse contains a very high character of the believers at Thessalonica. They had Faith, not speculative and indolent, but true, sound, and operative; their faith worked. They had Love, not that gazed at and became enamoured of the perfections of God, but such a love as labored with faith to fulfill the whole will of God. Faith worked; but love, because it can do more, did more, and therefore labored - worked energetically, to promote the glory of God and the salvation of men. They had Hope; not an idle, cold, heartless expectation of future good, from which they felt no excitement, and for which they could give no reason, but such a hope as produced a satisfying expectation of a future life and state of blessedness, the reality of which faith had descried, and love anticipated; a hope, not hasty and impatient to get out of the trials of life and possess the heavenly inheritance, but one that was as willing to endure hardships as to enjoy glory itself, when God might be most honored by this patient endurance. Faith worked, Love labored, and Hope endured patiently.
It is not a mark of much grace to be longing to get to heaven because of the troubles and difficulties of the present life; they who love Christ are ever willing to suffer with him; and he may be as much glorified by patient suffering, as by the most active faith or laborious love. There are times in which, through affliction or other hinderances, we cannot do the will of God, but we can suffer it; and in such cases he seeks a heart that bears submissively, suffers patiently, and endures, as seeing him who is invisible, without repining or murmuring. This is as full a proof of Christian perfection as the most intense and ardent love. Meekness, gentleness, and long-suffering, are in our present state of more use to ourselves and others, and of more consequence in the sight of God, than all the ecstasies of the spirits of just men made perfect, and than all the raptures of an archangel. That Church or Christian society, the members of which manifest the work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope, is most nearly allied to heaven, and is on the suburbs of glory. |
10 And [2532] to wait for [362] his [846] Son [5207] from [1537] heaven [3772], whom [3739] he raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], even Jesus [2424], which [3588] delivered [4506] us [2248] from [575] the wrath [3709] to come [2064].
4 For [1063] whatsoever things [3745] were written aforetime [4270] were written [4270] for [1519] our [2251] learning [1319], that [2443] we [2192] through [1223] patience [5281] and [2532] comfort [3874] of the scriptures [1124] might have [2192] hope [1680].
10 For [1063] God [2316] is not [3756] unrighteous [94] to forget [1950] your [5216] work [2041] and [2532] labour [2873] of love [26], which [3739] ye have shewed [1731] [1731] toward [1519] his [846] name [3686], in that ye have ministered [1247] to the saints [40], and [2532] do minister [1247].
12 Salute [782] Tryphena [5170] and [2532] Tryphosa [5173], who labour [2872] in [1722] the Lord [2962]. Salute [782] the beloved [27] Persis [4069], which [3748] laboured [2872] much [4183] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
35 I have shewed [5263] you [5213] all things [3956], how that [3754] so [3779] labouring [2872] ye ought [1163] to support [482] the weak [770], and [5037] to remember [3421] the words [3056] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], how [3754] he [846] said [2036], It is [2076] more [3123] blessed [3107] to give [1325] than [2228] to receive [2983].
2 I know [1492] thy [4675] works [2041], and [2532] thy [4675] labour [2873], and [2532] thy [4675] patience [5281], and [2532] how [3754] thou canst [1410] not [3756] bear [941] them which are evil [2556]: and [2532] thou hast tried [3985] them which say [5335] they are [1511] apostles [652], and [2532] are [1526] not [3756], and [2532] hast found [2147] them [846] liars [5571]:
9 For [1063] ye remember [3421], brethren [80], our [2257] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449]: for [1063] labouring [2038] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], because [4314] we would [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] unto any [5100] of you [5216], we preached [2784] unto [1519] you [5209] the gospel [2098] of God [2316].
13 And [1161] now [3570] abideth [3306] faith [4102], hope [1680], charity [26], these [5023] three [5140]; but [1161] the greatest [3187] of these [5130] is charity [26].
8 But [1161] let [3525] us [2249], who are [5607] of the day [2250], be sober [3525], putting on [1746] the breastplate [2382] of faith [4102] and [2532] love [26]; and [2532] for an helmet [4030], the hope [1680] of salvation [4991].
4 But [1161] let [2192] patience [5281] have [2192] her perfect [5046] work [2041], that [2443] ye may be [5600] perfect [5046] and [2532] entire [3648], wanting [3007] nothing [1722] [3367].
11 Wherefore [1519] [3739] also [2532] we pray [4336] always [3842] for [4012] you [5216], that [2443] our [2257] God [2316] would count [515] you [5209] worthy [515] of this calling [2821], and [2532] fulfil [4137] all [3956] the good pleasure [2107] of his goodness [19], and [2532] the work [2041] of faith [4102] with [1722] power [1411]:
22 Seest thou [991] how [3754] faith [4102] wrought [4903] with his [846] works [2041], and [2532] by [1537] works [2041] was [5048] faith [4102] made perfect [5048]?
5 For [3754] our [2257] gospel [2098] came [1096] not [3756] unto [1519] you [5209] in [1722] word [3056] only [3440], but [235] also [2532] in [1722] power [1411], and [2532] in [1722] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], and [2532] in [1722] much [4183] assurance [4136]; as [2531] ye know [1492] what manner of men [3634] we were [1096] among [1722] you [5213] for [1223] your [5209] sake.
6 And [2532] ye [5210] became [1096] followers [3402] of us [2257], and [2532] of the Lord [2962], having received [1209] the word [3056] in [1722] much [4183] affliction [2347], with [3326] joy [5479] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]:
7 So [5620] that ye [5209] were [1096] ensamples [5179] to all [3956] that believe [4100] in [1722] Macedonia [3109] and [2532] Achaia [882].
8 For [1063] from [575] you [5216] sounded out [1837] the word [3056] of the Lord [2962] not [3756] only [3440] in [1722] Macedonia [3109] and [2532] Achaia [882], but [235] also [2532] in [1722] every [3956] place [5117] your [5216] faith [4102] to [4314] God-ward [2316] is spread abroad [1831]; so [5620] that we [2248] need [5532] not [3361] [2192] to speak [2980] any thing [5100].
9 For [1063] they [518] themselves [846] shew [518] of [4012] us [2257] what manner [3697] of entering in [1529] we had [2192] [2192] unto [4314] you [5209], and [2532] how [4459] ye turned [1994] to [4314] God [2316] from [575] idols [1497] to serve [1398] the living [2198] and [2532] true [228] God [2316];
10 And [2532] to wait for [362] his [846] Son [5207] from [1537] heaven [3772], whom [3739] he raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], even Jesus [2424], which [3588] delivered [4506] us [2248] from [575] the wrath [3709] to come [2064].
24 For [1063] we are saved [4982] by hope [1680]: but [1161] hope [1680] that is seen [991] is [2076] not [3756] hope [1680]: for [1063] what [3739] a man [5100] seeth [991], why [5101] doth he [1679] yet [2532] hope for [1679]?
9 For [1063] what [5101] thanks [2169] can we [1410] render [467] to God [2316] again [467] for [4012] you [5216], for [1909] all [3956] the joy [5479] wherewith [3739] we joy [5463] for [1223] your sakes [5209] before [1715] our [2257] God [2316];
19 For [1063] what [5101] is our [2257] hope [1680], or [2228] joy [5479], or [2228] crown [4735] of rejoicing [2746]? [2228] Are not [3780] even [2532] ye [5210] in the presence [1715] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] at [1722] his [846] coming [3952]?
26 To [4314] declare [1732], I say, at [1722] this [3568] time [2540] his [846] righteousness [1343]: that [1519] he might be [1511] just [1342], and [2532] the justifier [1344] of him [846] which believeth [4102] in [1537] Jesus [2424].
22 Even [1161] the righteousness [1343] of God [2316] which is by [1223] faith [4102] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] unto [1519] all [3956] and [2532] upon [1909] all [3956] them that believe [4100]: for [1063] there is [2076] no [3756] difference [1293]:
18 There is [2076] no [3756] fear [5401] of God [2316] before [561] their [846] eyes [3788].
5 By [1223] whom [3739] we have received [2983] grace [5485] and [2532] apostleship [651], for [1519] obedience [5218] to the faith [4102] among [1722] all [3956] nations [1484], for [5228] his [846] name [3686]:
31 Then [3303] [3767] had [2192] the churches [1577] rest [1515] throughout [2596] all [3650] Judaea [2449] and [2532] Galilee [1056] and [2532] Samaria [4540], and were edified [3618]; and [2532] walking in [4198] the fear [5401] of the Lord [2962], and [2532] in the comfort [3874] of the Holy [40] Ghost [4151], were multiplied [4129].
15 Love [25] not [3361] the world [2889], neither [3366] the things that are in [1722] the world [2889]. If [1437] any man [5100] love [25] the world [2889], the love [26] of the Father [3962] is [2076] not [3756] in [1722] him [846].
5 But [1161] whoso [3739] keepeth [302] [5083] his [846] word [3056], in [1722] him [5129] verily [230] is [5048] the love [26] of God [2316] perfected [5048]: hereby [1722] [5129] know we [1097] that [3754] we are [2070] in [1722] him [846].
42 But [235] I know [1097] you [5209], that [3754] ye have [2192] not [3756] the love [26] of God [2316] in [1722] you [1438].
2 I know [1492] thy [4675] works [2041], and [2532] thy [4675] labour [2873], and [2532] thy [4675] patience [5281], and [2532] how [3754] thou canst [1410] not [3756] bear [941] them which are evil [2556]: and [2532] thou hast tried [3985] them which say [5335] they are [1511] apostles [652], and [2532] are [1526] not [3756], and [2532] hast found [2147] them [846] liars [5571]:
27 In [1722] weariness [2873] and [2532] painfulness [3449], in [1722] watchings [70] often [4178], in [1722] hunger [3042] and [2532] thirst [1373], in [1722] fastings [3521] often [4178], in [1722] cold [5592] and [2532] nakedness [1132].
58 Therefore [5620], my [3450] beloved [27] brethren [80], be ye [1096] stedfast [1476], unmoveable [277], always [3842] abounding [4052] in [1722] the work [2041] of the Lord [2962], forasmuch as ye know [1492] that [3754] your [5216] labour [2873] is [2076] not [3756] in vain [2756] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
10 But [1161] by the grace [5485] of God [2316] I am [1510] what [3739] I am [1510]: and [2532] his [846] grace [5485] which was bestowed upon [1519] me [1691] was [1096] not [3756] in vain [2756]; but [235] I laboured [2872] more abundantly [4054] than they [846] all [3956]: yet [1161] not [3756] I [1473], but [235] the grace [5485] of God [2316] which [3588] was with [4862] me [1698].
8 Neither [3761] did we eat [5315] any man's [3844] [5100] bread [740] for nought [1432]; but [235] wrought [2038] with [1722] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], that [4314] we might [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] to any [5100] of you [5216]:
5 And [1161] the Lord [2962] direct [2720] your [5216] hearts [2588] into [1519] the love [26] of God [2316], and [2532] into [1519] the patient waiting [5281] for Christ [5547].
8 But [1161] let [3525] us [2249], who are [5607] of the day [2250], be sober [3525], putting on [1746] the breastplate [2382] of faith [4102] and [2532] love [26]; and [2532] for an helmet [4030], the hope [1680] of salvation [4991].
9 For [1063] ye remember [3421], brethren [80], our [2257] labour [2873] and [2532] travail [3449]: for [1063] labouring [2038] night [3571] and [2532] day [2250], because [4314] we would [1912] not [3361] be chargeable [1912] unto any [5100] of you [5216], we preached [2784] unto [1519] you [5209] the gospel [2098] of God [2316].
21 Who [3588] by [1223] him [846] do believe [4100] in [1519] God [2316], that raised [1453] him [846] up [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] gave [1325] him [846] glory [1391]; that [5620] your [5216] faith [4102] and [2532] hope [1680] might be [1511] in [1519] God [2316].
22 Seeing ye have purified [48] your [5216] souls [5590] in [1722] obeying [5218] the truth [225] through [1223] the Spirit [4151] unto [1519] unfeigned [505] love of the brethren [5360], see that ye love [25] one another [240] with [1537] a pure [2513] heart [2588] fervently [1619]:
22 Let us draw near [4334] with [3326] a true [228] heart [2588] in [1722] full assurance [4136] of faith [4102], having [4472] our hearts [2588] sprinkled [4472] from [575] an evil [4190] conscience [4893], and [2532] our bodies [4983] washed [3068] with pure [2513] water [5204].
23 Let us hold fast [2722] the profession [3671] of our faith [1680] without wavering [186]; (for [1063] he is faithful [4103] that promised [1861]
24 And [2532] let us consider [2657] one another [240] to [1519] provoke [3948] unto love [26] and [2532] to good [2570] works [2041]:
5 For [1223] the hope [1680] which [3588] is laid up [606] for you [5213] in [1722] heaven [3772], whereof [3739] ye heard before [4257] in [1722] the word [3056] of the truth [225] of the gospel [2098];
4 Since we heard [191] of your [5216] faith [4102] in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424], and [2532] of the love [26] which [3588] ye have to [1519] all [3956] the saints [40],
2 With [3326] all [3956] lowliness [5012] and [2532] meekness [4236], with [3326] longsuffering [3115], forbearing [430] one another [240] in [1722] love [26];
3 Endeavouring [4704] to keep [5083] the unity [1775] of the Spirit [4151] in [1722] the bond [4886] of peace [1515].
4 There is one [1520] body [4983], and [2532] one [1520] Spirit [4151], even as [2531] [2532] ye are called [2564] in [1722] one [3391] hope [1680] of your [5216] calling [2821];
5 One [1520] Lord [2962], one [1520] faith [4102], one [3391] baptism [908],
13 Wherefore [1355], if [1487] meat [1033] make [4624] my [3450] brother [80] to offend [4624], I will eat [5315] no [3364] flesh [2907] while the world standeth [1519] [165], lest [3363] I make [4624] my [3450] brother [80] to offend [4624].
6 For [1063] in [1722] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] neither [3777] circumcision [4061] availeth [2480] any thing [5100], nor [3777] uncircumcision [203]; but [235] faith [4102] which worketh [1754] by [1223] love [26].
5 For [1063] we [2249] through the Spirit [4151] wait for [553] the hope [1680] of righteousness [1343] by [1537] faith [4102].
8 But [1161] let [3525] us [2249], who are [5607] of the day [2250], be sober [3525], putting on [1746] the breastplate [2382] of faith [4102] and [2532] love [26]; and [2532] for an helmet [4030], the hope [1680] of salvation [4991].
1 Now [1161] as touching [4012] things offered unto idols [1494], we know [1492] that [3754] we all [3956] have [2192] knowledge [1108]. Knowledge [1108] puffeth up [5448], but [1161] charity [26] edifieth [3618].
2 And [1161] if any man [1536] think [1380] that he knoweth [1492] any thing [5100], he knoweth [1097] nothing [3762] yet [3764] as [2531] he ought [1163] to know [1097].
3 But [1161] if any man [1536] love [25] God [2316], the same [3778] is known [1097] of [5259] him [846].
4 As concerning [4012] therefore [3767] the eating [1035] of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols [1494], we know [1492] that [3754] an idol [1497] is nothing [3762] in [1722] the world [2889], and [2532] that [3754] there is none [3762] other [2087] God [2316] but [1508] one [1520].
5 For [1063] though [1512] [2532] there be [1526] that are called [3004] gods [2316], whether [1535] in [1722] heaven [3772] or [1535] in [1909] earth [1093], (as [5618] there be [1526] gods [2316] many [4183], and [2532] lords [2962] many [4183],)
6 But [235] to us [2254] there is but one [1520] God [2316], the Father [3962], of [1537] whom [3739] are all things [3956], and [2532] we [2249] in [1519] him [846]; and [2532] one [1520] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], by [1223] whom [3739] are all things [3956], and [2532] we [2249] by [1223] him [846].
7 Howbeit [235] there is not [3756] in [1722] every man [3956] that knowledge [1108]: for [1161] some [5100] with conscience [4893] of the idol [1497] unto [2193] this hour [737] eat [2068] it as [5613] a thing offered unto an idol [1494]; and [2532] their [846] conscience [4893] being [5607] weak [772] is defiled [3435].
8 But [1161] meat [1033] commendeth [3936] us [2248] not [3756] to God [2316]: for [1063] neither [3777], if [1437] we eat [5315], are we the better [4052]; neither [3777], if [3362] we eat [5315] not [3362], are we the worse [5302].
9 But [1161] take heed [991] lest [3381] by any means [4458] this [3778] liberty [1849] of yours [5216] become [1096] a stumblingblock [4348] to them that are weak [770].
10 For [1063] if [1437] any man [5100] see [1492] thee [4571] which [3588] hast [2192] knowledge [1108] sit at meat [2621] in [1722] the idol's temple [1493], shall [3618] not [3780] the conscience [4893] of him [846] which is [5607] weak [772] be emboldened [3618] [1519] to eat [2068] those things which are offered to idols [1494];
11 And [2532] through [1909] thy [4674] knowledge [1108] shall [622] the weak [770] brother [80] perish [622], for [1223] whom [3739] Christ [5547] died [599]?
12 But [1161] when ye sin [264] so [3779] against [1519] the brethren [80], and [2532] wound [5180] their [846] weak [770] conscience [4893], ye sin [264] against [1519] Christ [5547].
13 Wherefore [1355], if [1487] meat [1033] make [4624] my [3450] brother [80] to offend [4624], I will eat [5315] no [3364] flesh [2907] while the world standeth [1519] [165], lest [3363] I make [4624] my [3450] brother [80] to offend [4624].
8 For this gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242], lament [05594] and howl [03213]: for the fierce [02740] anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] is not turned back [07725] from us.
7 For my loins [03689] are filled [04390] with a loathsome [07033] disease: and there is no soundness [04974] in my flesh [01320].
18 For the needy [034] shall not alway [05331] be forgotten [07911]: the expectation [08615] of the poor [06041] [06035] shall not perish [06] for ever [05703].
19 The waters [04325] wear [07833] the stones [068]: thou washest away [07857] the things which grow [05599] out of the dust [06083] of the earth [0776]; and thou destroyest [06] the hope [08615] of man [0582].
15 For we are strangers [01616] before [06440] thee, and sojourners [08453], as were all our fathers [01]: our days [03117] on the earth [0776] are as a shadow [06738], and there is none abiding [04723].
12 For [1063] the priesthood [2420] being changed [3346], there is made [1096] of [1537] necessity [318] a change [3331] also [2532] of the law [3551].
11 If [1487] [3303] therefore [3767] perfection [5050] were [2258] by [1223] the Levitical [3020] priesthood [2420], (for [1063] under [1909] it [846] the people [2992] received the law [3549] what [5101] further [2089] need [5532] was there that another [2087] priest [2409] should rise [450] after [2596] the order [5010] of Melchisedec [3198], and [2532] not [3756] be called [3004] after [2596] the order [5010] of Aaron [2]?
7 Howbeit [235] there is not [3756] in [1722] every man [3956] that knowledge [1108]: for [1161] some [5100] with conscience [4893] of the idol [1497] unto [2193] this hour [737] eat [2068] it as [5613] a thing offered unto an idol [1494]; and [2532] their [846] conscience [4893] being [5607] weak [772] is defiled [3435].
4 For [1063] whatsoever things [3745] were written aforetime [4270] were written [4270] for [1519] our [2251] learning [1319], that [2443] we [2192] through [1223] patience [5281] and [2532] comfort [3874] of the scriptures [1124] might have [2192] hope [1680].
25 But [1161] if [1487] we hope [1679] for that [3739] we see [991] not [3756], then do we [553] with [1223] patience [5281] wait for [553] it.
4 And [1161] patience [5281], experience [1382]; and [1161] experience [1382], hope [1680]:
7 Be patient [3114] therefore [3767], brethren [80], unto [2193] the coming [3952] of the Lord [2962]. Behold [2400], the husbandman [1092] waiteth [1551] for the precious [5093] fruit [2590] of the earth [1093], and hath long patience [3114] for [1909] it [846], until [2193] [302] he receive [2983] the early [4406] and [2532] latter [3797] rain [5205].
6 And [1161] to [1722] knowledge [1108] temperance [1466]; and [1161] to [1722] temperance [1466] patience [5281]; and [1161] to [1722] patience [5281] godliness [2150];
6 But [1161] now [737] when Timotheus [5095] came [2064] from [575] you [5216] unto [4314] us [2248], and [2532] brought [2097] us [2254] good tidings [2097] of your [5216] faith [4102] and [2532] charity [26], and [2532] that [3754] ye have [2192] good [18] remembrance [3417] of us [2257] always [3842], desiring greatly [1971] to see [1492] us [2248], as [2509] we [2249] also [2532] to see you [5209]:
4 I thank [2168] my [3450] God [2316], making [4160] mention [3417] of thee [4675] always [3842] in [1909] my [3450] prayers [4335],
16 Cease [3973] not [3756] to give thanks [2168] for [5228] you [5216], making [4160] mention [3417] of you [5216] in [1909] my [3450] prayers [4335];
9 For [1063] God [2316] is [2076] my [3450] witness [3144], whom [3739] I serve [3000] with [1722] my [3450] spirit [4151] in [1722] the gospel [2098] of his [846] Son [5207], that [5613] without ceasing [89] I make [4160] mention [3417] of you [5216] always [3842] in [1909] my [3450] prayers [4335];