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'''Commentary on the [[Epistle to the 1 Thessalonians]]'''
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'''Commentary on the [[First Epistle to the Thessalonians|1 Thessalonians]]'''
This epistle is generally considered to have been the first of those written by St. Paul. The occasion seems to have been the good report of the stedfastness of the [[church]] at Thessalonica in the [[faith]] of the [[gospel]]. It is full of affection and confidence, and more consolatory and practical, and less doctrinal, than some of the other epistles.
The apostle prays that they might be sanctified more perfectly, for the best are sanctified but in part while in this world; therefore we should pray for, and press toward, complete [[holiness]]. And as we must fall, if [[God]] did not carry on his good work in the soul, we should pray to [[God]] to perfect his work, till we are presented faultless before the throne of his glory. We should pray for one another; and brethren should thus express brotherly love. This epistle was to be read to all the brethren. Not only are the common people allowed to read the Scriptures, but it is their duty, and what they should be persuaded to do. The word of [[God]] should not be kept in an unknown tongue, but transplanted, that as all men are concerned to know the Scriptures, so they all may be able to read them. The Scriptures should be read in all public congregations, for the benefit of the unlearned especially. We need no more to make us happy, than to know the [[grace]] of our [[Lord]] [[Jesus]] [[Christ]]. He is an ever-flowing and an over-flowing fountain of [[grace]] to supply all our wants.
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[[Category:MHC Concise Bible Commentary|Epistle to the 1 Thessalonians]]
