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1 Tesalonika 3:6
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Tetapi sekarang, setelah Timotius datang kembali dari kamu dan membawa kabar yang menggembirakan tentang imanmu dan kasihmu, dan bahwa kamu selalu menaruh kenang-kenangan yang baik akan kami dan ingin untuk berjumpa dengan kami, seperti kami juga ingin untuk berjumpa dengan kamu,
Tetapi sedangkan Timotius sudah balik kepada kami daripada kamu membawakan kami kabar yang baik dari hal iman dan kasihmu, dan akan hal kamu senantiasa menaruh kenang-kenangan yang baik ke atas kami, dan rindu hendak berjumpa dengan kami, sebagaimana kami juga dengan kamu,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when: Acts 18:1, Acts 18:5
and brought: Proverbs 25:25, Isaiah 52:7, 2 Corinthians 7:5-7
faith: 1 Corinthians 13:13, Galatians 5:6, Colossians 1:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Timothy 1:5, Philemon 1:5, 1 John 3:23
and that: 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 11:2, Colossians 4:18, 2 Timothy 1:3, Hebrews 13:3, Hebrews 13:7
desiring: 1 Thessalonians 3:9, 1 Thessalonians 3:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:17, Philippians 1:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 4:14 - cometh Joshua 22:33 - the thing 1 Samuel 17:18 - look 1 Chronicles 29:9 - David Song of Solomon 7:12 - let us see Acts 11:22 - tidings Acts 15:36 - and see Romans 15:32 - and may Romans 16:19 - I am Romans 16:21 - Timotheus 1 Corinthians 4:8 - ye did 1 Corinthians 13:6 - rejoiceth 1 Corinthians 16:14 - General 1 Corinthians 16:18 - they 2 Corinthians 7:6 - comforted 2 Corinthians 7:7 - fervent Philippians 1:27 - I may Philippians 2:2 - Fulfil Philippians 2:19 - to send 1 Thessalonians 3:5 - I sent 2 John 1:4 - rejoiced 3 John 1:2 - even 3 John 1:3 - when Revelation 2:19 - charity
Cross-References
And the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which ye lord God hadde made, and he sayde vnto the woman: yea, hath God saide, ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden?
And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.
And Adam said: The woman whom thou gauest [to be] with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I dyd eate.
And the lord god said vnto ye serpent: Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe.
I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee & the woman, betweene thy seede and her seede: and it shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon his heele.
Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe.
In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.
And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me.
I sawe among the spoyles a goodly babilonishe garment, and two hundred sicles of siluer, and a tonge of golde of fiftie sicles wayghte, and I coueted them, and toke them: and beholde they lye hyd in the earth in the middest of my tent, and the siluer is ther vnder.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us,.... At Corinth, as appears from Acts 18:5 which shows that this epistle was not written from Athens, as the subscription to it asserts, but from Corinth; for as soon as ever Timothy came from Thessalonica, to the apostle at Corinth, and made the report to him, he immediately sent them this epistle which is here suggested: "but, now", c. just now "lately", as the Syriac version renders it, a very little while ago, Timothy was just come:
and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity; of their faith, the grace of faith, that it was of the right kind; as far as could be judged, it was the faith of God's elect, like precious faith with theirs; an unfeigned one, strong and lively, operative and growing: or of the doctrine of faith, as received and embraced by them; as that they were greatly led, and had much light into it, and had, for the time, made considerable proficiency in it; that they held it fast, and stood fast in it, and contended for it, notwithstanding all the afflictions, reproaches, and persecutions which they either saw in the apostles, or endured themselves for the sake of it; and likewise of the profession of both the grace and doctrine of faith, which they held fast, and without wavering, and that in a pure conscience, which was good news indeed. Timothy also brought an account of their "charity", or love, which faith works by; these two graces are always found together; they are wrought in the soul by one, and the same hand, and at the same time; where the one is, the other is; and as the one flourishes and increases, so does the other. And by this grace is meant love to God, to Christ, to his truths, ordinances, ways, and worship, and to one another, and even to all men; and which was without dissimulation, in sincerity, in deed, and in truth, and was constant and fervent: and this was not the whole of the report, for it follows,
and that ye have a remembrance of us always they bore in memory the persons of the apostles; and when they made mention of their names, it was with the greatest respect and reverence; nor were they forgetful hearers of the word, but remembered with great affection and pleasure the truths, the doctrines, and exhortations they delivered to them, so as to put them in practice, and longed for another visit from them, to have their memories refreshed by them:
desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you, they had an equal desire to see their spiritual fathers, as they had to see their spiritual children. Now such a report as this concerning their steady faith in Christ, their fervent love to one another, and their affectionate regard to the ministers of the word, was a sort of a Gospel, as the word used signifies; or it was good news and glad tidings to the apostle, and those that were with him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us - To Corinth, after he had been sent to Thessalonica; Acts 18:5; compare notes on 1 Thessalonians 3:2.
And brought us good tidings - A cheerful or favorable account. Greek “evangelizing;” that is, bringing good news.
Of your faith - Of your faithfulness or fidelity. Amidst all their trials they evinced fidelity to the Christian cause.
And charity - Love; notes, 1 Corinthians 13:1.
And that ye have good remembrance of us always - That is, probably, they showed their remembrance of Paul by obeying his precepts, and by cherishing an affectionate regard for him, notwithstanding all the efforts which had been made to alienate their affections from him.
Desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you - There was no disposition to blame him for having left them, or because he did not return to them. They would have welcomed him again as their teacher and friend. The meaning of this is, that there was between him and them a strong mutual attachment.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. When Timotheus came — We have already seen that he and Silas stayed behind at Thessalonica, when Paul was obliged to leave it; for the persecution seems to have been principally directed against him. When Paul came to Athens, he sent pressingly to him and Silas to come to him with all speed to that city. We are not informed that they did come, but it is most likely that they did, and that Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonica to comfort and build up these new converts. After Paul had sent away Timothy, it is likely he went himself straight to Corinth, and there Timothy soon after met him, with the good news of the steadiness of the Thessalonian Church.
Your faith and charity — The good tidings which Timothy brought from Thessalonica consisted of three particulars:
1. Their faith; they continued steadfast in their belief of the Gospel.
2. Their charity; they loved one another, and lived in unity and harmony.
3. They were affectionately attached to the apostle; they had good remembrance of him, and desired earnestly to see him.
