1 Thessalonians 1:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

1 Thessalonians 1:4 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Titus 3:4-5
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, …
2 Peter 1:10
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Romans 9:25
As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Topics

Benevolence Brotherly Kindness Charitableness Charity Chosen, or Elected Contingencies Cruelty Decision

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 2-5)

I. The apostle begins with thanksgiving to God. Being about to mention the things that were matter of joy to him, and highly praiseworthy in them, and greatly for their advantage, he chooses to do this by way of thanksgiving to God, who is the author of all that good that comes to us, or is done by us, at any time. God is the object of all religious worship, of prayer and praise. And thanksgiving…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. Knowing--Forasmuch as we know. your election of God--The Greek is rather, “beloved by God”; so Ro 1:7; 2Th 2:13. “Your election” means that God has elected you as individual believers to eternal life (Ro 11:5, 7; Col 3:12; 2Th 2:13).