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2 Thessalonians 1 — Sermon Preparation
Paul commends the Thessalonians for their perseverance under persecution and announces the coming righteous judgment when Christ is revealed. Below is a research summary for 2 Thessalonians 1, 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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2 Thessalonians 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐνδοξάζομαι | endoxázō | G1740 | 2 | glorify |
| θλίβω | thlíbō | G2346 | 2 | afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation |
| πίστις | pístis | G4102 | 3 | assurance, belief, believe, faith |
| θλῖψις | thlîpsis | G2347 | 2 | afflicted, anguish, burdened, persecution |
| δίκαιος | díkaios | G1342 | 2 | just, meet, right |
| ἐκκλησία | ekklēsía | G1577 | 2 | assembly, church |
| δύναμις | dýnamis | G1411 | 2 | ability, abundance, meaning, might |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on 2 Thessalonians 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Believing thoughts and expectations of the second coming of Christ should lead us to pray to God more, for ourselves and others. If there is any good in us, it is owing to the good pleasure of his goodness, and therefore it is called grace. There are many purposes of grace and good-will in God toward his people, and the apostle prays that God would complete in them the work of faith with power. This is to their doing every other good work. The power of God not only begins, but carries on the work of faith. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Thessalonians 1:11–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Thessalonica— 2 Thes 1:1
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