8For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;(for he is faithful that promised;)
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-10)Here we have Paul’s great satisfaction upon the return of Timothy with good tidings from the Thessalonians, in which we may observe, I. The good report Timothy made concerning them, 1 Thess. 3:6. Without question, he was a willing messenger of these good tidings. Concerning their faith , that is, concerning their stedfastness in the faith, that they were not shaken in mind, nor turned aside form t…
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