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16041 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1116.15 (Matthew Henry)
… apostle comforts the Thessalonians who mourned for the death of their relations and friends that died in the Lord. His design is to dissuade them from excessive …
16042 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1116.20 (Matthew Henry)
… should comfort the saints upon the death of their friends, that, although death has made a separation, yet their souls and bodies will meet again; we and they …
16043 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.1 (Matthew Henry)
… , but comfortable to the saints, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5:5. He then exhorts them to the duties of watchfulness, sobriety, and the exercise of faith, love, and hope, as …
16044 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.6 (Matthew Henry)
… how comfortable this day will be to the righteous, 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5:5. Here observe, 1. Their character and privilege. They are not in darkness; they are the …
16045 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.11 (Matthew Henry)
… to comfort others who can comfort themselves, so the way to have comfort ourselves, or to administer comfort to others, is by compliance with the exhortation …
16046 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.13 (Matthew Henry)
… instruct, comfort, and edify them. And, (2.) Ministers are to rule their people also, so the word is rendered, 1 Timothy 5:17. They must rule, not with rigour, but with …
16047 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.15 (Matthew Henry)
… , but comfort them; and who knows what good a kind and comfortable word may do them? 4. To support the weak, 1 Thessalonians 5:14. Some are not well able to perform …
16048 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.16 (Matthew Henry)
… creature-comforts as if we rejoiced not, and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but, if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. In him …
16049 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.19 (Matthew Henry)
… . His comfortable assurance that God would hear his prayer: Faithful is he who calleth you, who will also do it, 1 Thessalonians 5:24. The kindness and love of God …
16050 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1118.1 (Matthew Henry)
… then comforts them under their afflictions and persecutions ( 2 Thessalonians 1:5-1:10 ) and tells them what his prayers were to God for them, 2 Thessalonians …
16051 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1118.7 (Matthew Henry)
Having mentioned their persecutions and tribulations, which they endured principally for the cause of Christ, the apostle proceeds to offer several things for their comfort under them; as,
16052 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1119.1 (Matthew Henry)
… then comforts them against the terror of this apostasy, and exhorts them to stedfastness, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-2:15. And concludes with a prayer for them, 2 Thessalonians …
16053 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1119.6 (Matthew Henry)
… their comforts lessened, that they should not be troubled nor affrighted with false alarms. It is probable that the coming of Christ was represented in so …
16054 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1119.16 (Matthew Henry)
… great comfort and joy that there is a remnant according to the election of grace which does and shall persevere; and especially we should rejoice if we have …
16055 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1119.22 (Matthew Henry)
… . The comforts of the saints are not dying things; they shall not die with them. The spiritual consolations God gives none shall deprive them of; and God will …
16056 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1119.23 (Matthew Henry)
… how comfort and establishment are here joined together. Note therefore, 1. Comfort is a means of establishment; for the more pleasure we take in the word, and …
16057 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1120.16 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfort, and right to church-privileges as brethren. [2.] Their general conduct and behaviour ought to be according to the good example the apostle and those …
16058 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1120.21 (Matthew Henry)
… our comfort in every condition we may be in. It is the presence of God that makes heaven to be heaven, and this will make this earth to be like heaven. No matter …
16059 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1120.22 (Matthew Henry)
… may comfortably hope to have peace with God and enjoy the presence of God, for he has made those nigh that were afar off. It is this grace that is all in all to make …
16060 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1121.15 (Matthew Henry)
… our comfort and encouragement.