Passage Research
1 Thessalonians 4 — Sermon Preparation
Paul gives instructions on sexual holiness and brotherly love, then assures the Thessalonians about the resurrection of those who have died in Christ. Below is a research summary for 1 Thessalonians 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Thessalonians 4 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἁγιασμός | hagiasmós | G38 | 3 | holiness, sanctification |
| ἀδελφός | adelphós | G80 | 5 | brother |
| κοιμάομαι | koimáō | G2837 | 3 | sleep, be dead |
| περιλείπομαι | perileípō | G4035 | 2 | remain |
| περιπατέω | peripatéō | G4043 | 3 | go, be occupied with, walk |
| παρακαλέω | parakaléō | G3870 | 3 | beseech, call for, comfort, desire |
| ἀθετέω | athetéō | G114 | 2 | cast off, despise, disannul, frustrate |
How preachers through history handled this text
19 public-domain excerpts on 1 Thessalonians 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is comfort for the relations and friends of those who die in the Lord. Grief for the death of friends is lawful; we may weep for our own loss, though it may be their gain. Christianity does not forbid, and grace does not do away, our natural affections. Yet we must not be excessive in our sorrows; this is too much like those who have no hope of a better life. Death is an unknown thing, and we know little about the state after death; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Thessalonians 4:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Macedonia— 1 Thes 4:10
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