{"id":4196,"date":"2016-04-23T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T12:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:55:00","slug":"1-thessalonians-217-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=4196","title":{"rendered":"1 Thessalonians 2:17-20"},"content":{"rendered":"

17\u00a0<\/sup>But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore we wanted to come to you\u2014even I, Paul, time and again\u2014but Satan hindered us.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

19\u00a0<\/sup>For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20\u00a0<\/sup>For you are our glory and joy.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

taken away from you (v.17) = left as an orphan, separated from, left defenseless without a father’s care and affection<\/h3>\n

heart (v.17) \u2014 referring, by metonymy, to Paul’s thoughts<\/h3>\n

see your face (v.17) \u2014 1 Thessalonians 3:10<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

I, Paul (v.18) \u2014 The three co-workers had separated (Acts 17:14<\/a><\/span>); Timothy had visited Thessalonica again (1 Thessalonians 3:6<\/span><\/a>), and, probably Silas had accompanied him (Acts 18:5<\/a><\/span>), or had joined him there. \u2014 Vine, page 42.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Satan hindered us (v.18) \u2014 It may have been that Paul couldn’t return to Thessalonica because of the security taken from Jason, which may have included a guarantee that Paul would not return to the city (Acts 17:9<\/a><\/span>). Paul might have been attempting, and failing, to get this security revoked.<\/h3>\n

joy (v.19) = chara<\/em>, the noun form of “grace” \u2014 the awareness of God’s grace<\/h3>\n

crown (v.19) = wreath, like the ones awarded to the winners at the games<\/h3>\n

Is it not even you (v.19) \u2014 even if Paul was unable to return to Thessalonica to see the believers there face to face, he had the assurance that he would see them in the presence of Jesus Christ at the Rapture.<\/h3>\n

coming (v.19) = parousia<\/em>, presence, an arrival of one who can deal with the situation, used of the coming of a king or emperor.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

17\u00a0But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire. 18\u00a0Therefore we wanted to come to you\u2014even I, Paul, time and again\u2014but … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-thessalonians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4196"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7505,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4196\/revisions\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}