1:1

1:1

Judul : Salam

Perikop : 2Tes 1:1-2

Paulus, Silwanus

Kis 15:22; [Lihat FULL. Kis 15:22 ]

dan Timotius,

Kis 16:1; [Lihat FULL. Kis 16:1]; 1Tes 1:1 [Semua]

orang-orang Tesalonika

Kis 17:1; [Lihat FULL. Kis 17:1]

1:2

1:2

Yesus Kristus

Rom 1:7; [Lihat FULL. Rom 1:7]

1:3

Kami wajib(TB)/patutlah(TL) <3784> [are.]

memang(TB)/sebagaimana(TL) <2531> [as is.]

kamu ........ imanmu .............. kamu(TB)/kamu ...................... kamu(TL) <5216> [your.]

makin(TB)/layak(TL) <5232> [groweth.]

The word, [huperauxano <\\See definition 5232\\>,] from [huper <\\See definition 5228\\>,] intensive, and [auxano <\\See definition 837\\>,] to grow, increase, signifies, as Dr. Clarke remarks, to grow luxuriantly, as a good and healthy tree in a good soil; and, if a fruit tree, bearing an abundance of fruit to compensate the labour of the husbandman. Faith is one of the seeds of the kingdom: this the Apostle had sowed and watered, and God gave an abundant increase. Their faith was multiplied, and their love abounded: and this was not the case with some distinguished characters only; it was the case with every one of them. For this the apostle felt himself bound to give continual thanks to God on their behalf, as it was "meet" and right.

1:3

Judul : Ucapan syukur dan doa

Perikop : 2Tes 1:3-12

karena kamu,

Rom 1:8; [Lihat FULL. Rom 1:8]; Ef 5:20 [Semua]

makin kuat

1Tes 3:12; [Lihat FULL. 1Tes 3:12]

1:4

bermegah(TB)/megah ... hal(TL) <2744> [glory.]

ketabahanmu ..... tekun(TB)/tekun ........... kamu(TL) <5216 5281> [your patience.]

ketabahanmu ...... penganiayaan ...... aniaya(TB)/aniaya ..... kamu(TL) <5216 1375> [your persecutions.]

1:4

sendiri bermegah

2Kor 7:14

dan imanmu

1Tes 1:3

kamu derita:

1Tes 1:6; 2:14; 1Tes 3:3; [Lihat FULL. 1Tes 3:3] [Semua]

1:5

suatu bukti(TB)/tanda(TL) <1730> [manifest.]

adilnya(TB)/adil(TL) <1342> [righteous.]

menyatakan bahwa ... layak(TB)/dihisabkan(TL) <2661> [may.]

karena(TL) <5228> [for.]

1:5

suatu bukti

Fili 1:28

kamu layak

Luk 20:35

Catatan Frasa: ADILNYA PENGHAKIMAN ALLAH.

1:6

1:6

memang adil

Luk 18:7,8 [Semua]

menindas kamu

Rom 12:19; Kol 3:25; Wahy 6:10; [Lihat FULL. Wahy 6:10] [Semua]

1:7

yang ditindas(TB)/disusahkan(TL) <2346> [who.]

pada waktu(TB)/pada(TL) <1722> [when.]

malaikat-malaikat-Nya ... kuasa-Nya(TB)/tentara malaekat-Nya(TL) <846 1411 32> [his mighty angels. Gr. the angels of his power.]

1:7

dalam sorga

Luk 17:30; [Lihat FULL. Luk 17:30 ]

dengan malaikat-malaikat-Nya,

Yud 1:14

dalam api

Ibr 10:27; Ibr 12:29; [Lihat FULL. Ibr 12:29]; 2Pet 3:7; Wahy 1:14; [Lihat FULL. Wahy 1:14 ] [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: UNTUK MEMBERIKAN KELEGAAN KEPADAMU.

1:8

bernyala(TL) <5395> [flaming.]

<1325> [taking. or, yielding vengeance.]

mengenal(TB)/mengaku(TL) <1492> [that know.]

dan ... mentaati ........ menurut(TB)/dan(TL) <2532 5219> [and that.]

1:8

mengadakan pembalasan

Mazm 79:6; Yes 66:15; Yer 10:25 [Semua]

mengenal Allah

Gal 4:8; [Lihat FULL. Gal 4:8 ]

Injil Yesus,

Rom 2:8; 2Kor 2:12; [Lihat FULL. 2Kor 2:12] [Semua]

1:9

<1349> [be.]

dari hadirat ... hadirat dari(TB)/dari hadirat .... dari(TL) <575 4383> [from the presence.]

kemuliaan(TB/TL) <1391> [the glory.]

1:9

hukuman kebinasaan

Fili 3:19; 1Tes 5:3; 2Pet 3:7 [Semua]

hadirat Tuhan

2Raj 17:18

kemuliaan kekuatan-Nya,

Yes 2:10,19; 2Tes 2:8 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: KEBINASAAN SELAMA-LAMANYA.

1:10

untuk dimuliakan(TB)/dipermuliakan(TL) <1740> [to be glorified.]

untuk dikagumi(TB) <2296> [to be admired.]

kami(TB/TL) <2257> [our.]

pada ... itu .... di antara ....... oleh ................ dipercayai(TB)/di .......... pada .............. dipercayai(TL) <1722 1565> [in that.]

1:10

hari itu

1Kor 3:13

untuk dimuliakan

Yoh 17:10

bawa kepadamu

1Kor 1:6

Catatan Frasa: IA DATANG ... UNTUK DIMULIAKAN.

1:11

kami ... berdoa(TB)/mendoakan(TL) <4336> [we pray.]

Tuhan ... Allah kita(TB)/Tuhan kita(TL) <2257 2316> [our God.]

menganggap ... layak(TB)/berlayak(TL) <515> [would.]

menganggap ... layak(TB)/berlayak(TL) <515> [count. or, vouchsafe. calling.]

menyempurnakan(TB/TL) <4137> [fulfil.]

baik(TB) <2107> [the good.]

pekerjaan(TB/TL) <2041> [the work.]

1:11

untuk kamu,

Rom 1:10; [Lihat FULL. Rom 1:10 ]

kamu layak

2Tes 1:5

bagi panggilan-Nya

Rom 8:28; [Lihat FULL. Rom 8:28 ]

menyempurnakan kehendakmu

Rom 15:14

pekerjaan imanmu,

1Tes 1:3

1:12

nama(TB/TL) <3686> [the name.]

dan kamu .......... dan(TB)/dan kamu ........ dan(TL) <2532 5210> [and ye.]

kasih karunia(TB)/anugerah(TL) <5485> [the grace.]

1:12

dalam kamu

Yes 24:15; Fili 2:9-11 [Semua]

2:1

kami minta(TB)/mintalah(TL) <2065> [we.]

Tentang kedatangan ... kedatangan(TB)/hal(TL) <5228 3952> [by the.]

Tentang .... kita ... kita dan ... kita .... kita(TB)/hal ....... dan(TL) <5228 2532 2257> [and by.]

2:1

Judul : Tentang kedatangan Tuhan

Perikop : 2Tes 2:1-4

Yesus Kristus

1Tes 2:19; [Lihat FULL. 1Tes 2:19 ]

dengan Dia

Mr 13:27; 1Tes 4:15-17 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: KEDATANGAN TUHAN KITA YESUS KRISTUS.

2:2

bingung(TB) <4531> [shaken.]

oleh roh roh ... oleh ....... dari(TB)/roh(TL) <1223 4151> [by spirit.]

baik oleh .... maupun oleh ... atau surat .... dari(TB)/tentang ..... tentang ... atau tentang surat(TL) <1223 3383 1992> [nor by letter.]

2:2

atau surat

2Tes 2:15; 2Tes 3:17 [Semua]

hari Tuhan

1Kor 1:8; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 1:8 ]

telah tiba.

2Tim 2:18

Catatan Frasa: JANGAN LEKAS BINGUNG DAN GELISAH.

2:3

Janganlah ..... seorang ......... sebelum(TB)/Jangan ..... seorang ......... tiada(TL) <3361 5100> [no man.]

<3362> [except.]

manusia(TB)/seorang ......................... Orang(TL) <5100 444> [man.]

manusia(TB)/anak(TL) <5207> [the son.]

2:3

dirimu disesatkan

Mr 13:5; [Lihat FULL. Mr 13:5 ]

dahulu murtad

Mat 24:10-12 [Semua]

haruslah dinyatakan

2Tes 2:8; Dan 7:25; 8:25; 11:36; Wahy 13:5,6 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: SEBELUM HARI ITU.

Catatan Frasa: DATANG DAHULU MURTAD DAN HARUSLAH DINYATAKAN DAHULU MANUSIA DURHAKA.

2:4

yang meninggikan diri .............. bertegak(TB)/dan ................ bertegak(TL) <2532 5229> [and exalteth.]

yang disebut(TB)/dianggap(TL) <3004> [called.]

duduk(TB)/bertegak ...... serta(TL) <2523> [sitteth.]

2:4

sebagai Allah.

1Kor 8:5

sebagai Allah.

Yes 14:13,14; Yeh 28:2 [Semua]

2:5

kamu ingat(TB)/ingat(TL) <3421> [Remember.]

<5607> [when.]

2:5

Judul : Kedatangan si pendurhaka

Perikop : 2Tes 2:5-12

hal itu

1Tes 3:4

2:6

yang menahan(TB)/menahankan(TL) <2722> [withholdeth. or, holdeth.]

baru akan menyatakan(TB)/dinyatakan(TL) <601> [revealed.]

2:6

menahan dia,

2Tes 2:7

Catatan Frasa: APA YANG MENAHAN DIA.

2:7

rahasia(TB/TL) <3466> [the mystery.]

telah ... bekerja(TB)/bekerja(TL) <1754> [doth.]

sekarang(TB/TL) <737> [he who.]

2:7

yang menahan.

2Tes 2:6

Catatan Frasa: SECARA RAHASIA KEDURHAKAAN TELAH MULAI BEKERJA.

2:8

pendurhaka(TB)/dijahanamkan(TL) <459> [that.]

<3739> [whom.]

nafas(TB/TL) <4151> [the spirit.]

datang(TB)/cahaya(TL) <2015> [with the brightness.]

2:8

menyatakan dirinya,

2Tes 2:3; [Lihat FULL. 2Tes 2:3 ]

nafas mulut-Nya

Yes 11:4; Wahy 2:16; 19:15 [Semua]

datang kembali.

Luk 17:30; [Lihat FULL. Luk 17:30]

Catatan Frasa: TUHAN YESUS AKAN MEMBUNUHNYA.

2:9

<2076> [is.]

tanda tanda-tanda dan(TB)/dan tanda ... dan(TL) <2532 4592> [and signs.]

2:9

pekerjaan Iblis,

Mat 4:10; [Lihat FULL. Mat 4:10 ]

mujizat-mujizat palsu,

Mat 24:24; Wahy 13:13; Yoh 4:48; [Lihat FULL. Yoh 4:48] [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: RUPA-RUPA PERBUATAN AJAIB, TANDA-TANDA DAN MUKJIZAT-MUKJIZAT PALSU.

2:10

tipu daya(TB)/daya(TL) <539> [deceivableness.]

dengan ........ yang harus binasa binasa(TB)/dengan(TL) <1722 622> [in them.]

menerima(TB)/menaruh ...... supaya(TL) <1209> [they received.]

mereka(TB)/supaya(TL) <1519 846> [that they.]

2:10

harus binasa

1Kor 1:18; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 1:18 ]

dapat menyelamatkan

Ams 4:6; Yoh 3:17-19 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: MENGASIHI KEBENARAN.

2:11

itulah(TB)/itulah sebabnya(TL) <5124> [for.]

Allah(TB/TL) <2316> [God.]

menyebabkan(TB)/ke(TL) <1519> [that.]

2:11

Allah mendatangkan

Rom 1:28

kesesatan

Mat 24:5; Mr 13:5; [Lihat FULL. Mr 13:5 ] [Semua]

akan dusta,

Rom 1:25

Catatan Frasa: MENDATANGKAN KESESATAN ATAS MEREKA.

2:12

semua orang(TB)/sekalian(TL) <3956> [they.]

dan(TB) <235> [but.]

2:12

suka kejahatan.

Rom 1:32; 2:8 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: YANG SUKA KEJAHATAN.

2:13

kami(TB/TL) <2249> [we.]

yang dikasihi(TB)/dikasihi(TL) <25> [beloved.]

dari(TB)/daripada(TL) <575> [from.]

telah memilih(TB)/dipilih(TL) <138> [chosen.]

dalam(TB)/di(TL) <1722> [through.]

percayai(TB)/percaya(TL) <4102> [belief.]

2:13

Judul : Berdirilah teguh

Perikop : 2Tes 2:13-17

karena kamu,

Rom 1:8; [Lihat FULL. Rom 1:8 ]

memilih kamu

Ef 1:4

untuk diselamatkan

1Tes 5:9

dalam Roh

1Pet 1:2

2:14

Ia telah memanggil(TB)/dipanggilnya(TL) <2564> [he called.]

Injil Injil kami ........... kita(TB)/Injil ... kami ........ kita(TL) <2257 2098> [our gospel.]

Untuk ............ sehingga(TB)/kepada ........... beritakan(TL) <1519> [to.]

2:14

memanggil kamu

Rom 8:28; [Lihat FULL. Rom 8:28]; Rom 11:29; [Lihat FULL. Rom 11:29 ] [Semua]

oleh Injil

1Tes 1:5

2:15

berdirilah teguh(TB)/berdiri(TL) <4739> [stand.]

berpeganglah(TB)/memegang(TL) <2902> [hold.]

ajaran-ajaran(TB)/pengajaran(TL) <3862> [the traditions.]

baik .... maupun(TB)/baik .... baik(TL) <1535> [whether.]

2:15

berdirilah teguh

1Kor 16:13; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 16:13]

kamu terima

1Kor 11:2; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 11:2]

2:16

Tuhan Tuhan kita ....... kita(TB)/Tuhan kita ......... kita(TL) <2257 2962> [our Lord.]

<3588> [which.]

abadi(TB)/kekal(TL) <166> [everlasting.]

baik(TB/TL) <18> [good.]

dalam(TB) <1722> [through.]

2:16

Bapa kita,

Fili 4:20; [Lihat FULL. Fili 4:20 ]

mengasihi kita

Yoh 3:16; [Lihat FULL. Yoh 3:16]

2:17

menghibur(TB)/menghiburkan(TL) <3870> [Comfort.]

menguatkan(TB)/meneguhkan(TL) <4741> [stablish.]

dalam(TB)/di(TL) <1722> [in.]

2:17

kiranya menghibur

1Tes 3:2

dan menguatkan

2Tes 3:3; [Lihat FULL. 2Tes 3:3]

3:1

berdoalah(TB)/mendoakan(TL) <4336> [pray.]

firman(TB/TL) <3056> [the word.]

beroleh kemajuan(TB)/kembang(TL) <5143> [have free course. Gr. run, be.]

dan(TB/TL) <2532> [even.]

3:1

Judul : Permohonan untuk doa

Perikop : 2Tes 3:1-5

Selanjutnya, saudara-saudara,

1Tes 4:1

untuk kami,

1Tes 5:25; [Lihat FULL. 1Tes 5:25 ]

firman Tuhan

1Tes 1:8

antara kamu,

1Tes 2:13

Catatan Frasa: BERDOALAH UNTUK KAMI.

3:2

terlepas(TB)/dilepaskan(TL) <4506> [delivered.]

pengacau(TB)/nakal(TL) <824> [unreasonable. Gr. absurd. for.]

3:2

orang-orang jahat,

Rom 15:31; [Lihat FULL. Rom 15:31]

3:3

Tuhan(TB/TL) <2962> [the Lord.]

Ia akan menguatkan(TB)/meneguhkan(TL) <4741> [stablish.]

dan(TB/TL) <2532> [and.]

3:3

adalah setia.

1Kor 1:9; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 1:9 ]

yang jahat.

Mat 5:37; [Lihat FULL. Mat 5:37]

Catatan Frasa: MEMELIHARA KAMU TERHADAP YANG JAHAT.

3:4

kami percaya(TB)/haraplah(TL) <3982> [we have.]

bahwa(TB/TL) <3754> [that.]

3:4

kami percaya

2Kor 2:3; [Lihat FULL. 2Kor 2:3]

3:5

Tuhan(TB/TL) <2962> [the Lord.]

kepada ..... kepada(TB)/kepada(TL) <1519> [into.]

kepada .... dan kepada(TB)/Maka ...... kepada .... dan(TL) <1161 1519 2532> [and into.]

Kristus Kristus(TB)/sabar Kristus(TL) <5281 5547> [the patient waiting for Christ. or, the patience of Christ.]

3:5

menujukan hatimu

1Taw 29:18

3:6

dalam nama(TB)/dengan(TL) <1722 3686> [in the.]

menjauhkan diri(TB)/menjauhkan(TL) <4724> [that ye.]

pekerjaannya(TB)/kelakuannya(TL) <4043> [walketh.]

menurut(TB/TL) <2596> [after.]

3:6

Judul : Peringatan terhadap yang lalai bekerja

Perikop : 2Tes 3:6-15

Yesus Kristus,

1Kor 5:4

menjauhkan diri

2Tes 3:14; Rom 16:17; [Lihat FULL. Rom 16:17 ] [Semua]

melakukan pekerjaannya

2Tes 3:7,11 [Semua]

dari kami.

1Kor 11:2; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 11:2]

Catatan Frasa: TIDAK MELAKUKAN PEKERJAANNYA.

3:7

bagaimana(TB/TL) <4459> [how.]

Sebab ........... karena(TB)/Karena ........... karena(TL) <1063 3754> [for.]

3:7

mengikuti teladan

2Tes 3:9; 1Kor 4:16; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 4:16] [Semua]

3:8

makan(TB/TL) <5315> [eat.]

tetapi(TB)/melainkan(TL) <235> [but.]

malam(TB/TL) <3571> [night.]

3:8

kami berusaha

Kis 18:3; [Lihat FULL. Kis 18:3]; Ef 4:28 [Semua]

3:9

Bukan .... tidak(TB)/Bukannya .... tiada(TL) <3756> [Not.]

karena kami mau menjadikan .... patut .... supaya(TB)/supaya ......... patut(TL) <2443 1325 1519> [to make.]

3:9

untuk itu,

1Kor 9:4-14 [Semua]

kamu ikuti.

2Tes 3:7; 1Kor 4:16; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 4:16] [Semua]

3:10

waktu(TB)/pada(TL) <3753> [when.]

inilah(TL) <3754> [that.]

3:10

antara kamu,

1Tes 3:4

mau bekerja,

1Tes 4:11

3:11

hidupnya(TB)/senonoh(TL) <4043> [walk.]

bekerja(TB/TL) <2038> [working.]

3:11

tidak berguna.

2Tes 3:6,7; 1Tim 5:13 [Semua]

3:12

kami peringati(TB)/pesan(TL) <3853> [we.]

supaya ... tetap ....... dengan(TB)/supaya ..... dengan(TL) <2443 3326> [that with.]

makan(TB/TL) <2068> [eat.]

3:12

Yesus Kristus,

1Tes 4:1

makanannya sendiri.

1Tes 4:11; Ef 4:28 [Semua]

Catatan Frasa: TETAP TENANG MELAKUKAN PEKERJAANNYA.

3:13

kamu(TB/TL) <5210> [ye.]

janganlah jemu-jemu(TB)/jangan(TL) <1573 3361> [be not weary. or, faint not.]

3:13

yang baik.

Gal 6:9

3:14

mendengarkan(TB)/menurut(TL) <5219> [obey.]

dalam surat ini tandailah ........ supaya(TB)/surat kiriman ini camkanlah ....... gaul .... supaya ... boleh menjadi malu(TL) <1223 1992 4593 5126 2443> [by this epistle, note that man. or, signify that man by an epistle.]

ini ......... supaya ia menjadi malu .... malu(TB)/ini camkanlah .......... supaya(TL) <5126 2443 1788> [that he.]

3:14

dengan dia,

2Tes 3:6; Rom 16:17; [Lihat FULL. Rom 16:17 ] [Semua]

menjadi malu,

1Kor 4:14; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 4:14]

3:15

anggap(TB)/hisabkan(TL) <2233> [count.]

tegorlah(TB)/nasehatkan(TL) <3560> [admonish.]

3:15

seorang saudara.

Gal 6:1; 1Tes 5:14; Filem 1:16 [Semua]

3:16

Tuhan damai sejahtera ... sejahtera damai sejahtera-Nya ... sejahtera ...... Tuhan(TB)/Tuhan ................. Tuhan(TL) <2962 1515> [the Lord of.]

mengaruniakan(TB/TL) <1325> [give.]

Tuhan .............. Tuhan menyertai ... menyertai(TB)/Tuhan ................. Tuhan(TL) <2962 3326> [The Lord be.]

3:16

Judul : Salam terakhir

Perikop : 2Tes 3:16-18

damai sejahtera,

Rom 15:33; [Lihat FULL. Rom 15:33 ]

kamu sekalian.

Rut 2:4

3:17

dari padaku(TB)/tanganku sendiri(TL) <1699> [with.]

tanda(TB/TL) <4592> [the token.]

3:17

dengan tanganku

1Kor 16:21; [Lihat FULL. 1Kor 16:21]

3:18

CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, it is generally agreed, was the earliest written of all St. Paul's epistles, whence we see the reason and propriety of his anxiety that it should be read in all the Christian churches of Macedonia--"I charge you by the Lord, that this Epistle be read unto all the holy brethren." (ch. 5:27.) "The existence of this clause," observes Dr. Paley, "is an evidence of its authenticity; because, to produce a letter, purporting to have been publicly read in the church at Thessalonica, when no such letter had been read or heard of in that church, would be to produce an imposture destructive of itself....Either the Epistle was publicly read in the church of Thessalonica, during St. Paul's lifetime, or it was not. If it was, no publication could be more authentic, no species of notoriety more unquestionable, no method of preserving the integrity of the copy more secure....If it was not, the clause would remain a standing condemnation of the forgery, and one would suppose, an invincible impediment to its success." Its genuineness, however, has never been disputed; and it has been universally received in the Christian church, as the inspired production of St. Paul, from the earliest period to the present day. The circumstance of this injunction being given, in the first epistle which the Apostle wrote, also implies a strong and avowed claim to the character of an inspired writer; as in fact it placed his writings on the same ground with those of Moses and the ancient prophets. The second Epistle, besides those marks of genuineness and authority which it possesses in common with the others, bears the highest evidence of its divine inspiration, in the representation which it contains of the papal power, under the characters of "the Man of sin," and the "Mystery of iniquity." The true Christian worship is the worship of the one only God, through the one only Mediator, the man Christ Jesus; and from this worship the church of Rome has most notoriously departed, by substituting other mediators, invocating and adoring saints and angels, worshipping images, adoring the host, etc. It follows, therefore, that "the Man of sin" is the Pope; not only on account of the disgraceful lives of many of them, but by means of their scandalous doctrines and principles; dispensing with the most necessary duties, selling pardons and indulgences for the most abominable crimes, and perverting the worship of God to the grossest superstition and idolatry. It was evidently the chief design of the Apostle, in writing to the Thessalonians, to confirm them in the faith, to animate them to a courageous profession of the Gospel, and to the practice of all the duties of Christianity; but to suppose, with Dr. Macknight, that he intended to prove the divine authority of Christianity by a chain of regular arguments, in which he answered the several objections which the heathen philosophers are supposed to have advanced, seems quite foreign to the nature of the epistles, and to be grounded on a mistaken notion, that the philosophers designed at so early a period to enter on a regular disputation with the Christians, when in fact they derided them as enthusiasts, and branded their doctrines as "foolishness." In pursuance of his grand object, "it is remarkable," says Dr. Doddridge, "with how much address he improves all the influence which his zeal and fidelity in their service must naturally give him, to inculcate upon them the precepts of the gospel, and persuade them to act agreeably to their sacred character. This was the grand point he always kept in view, and to which every thing else was made subservient. Nothing appears, in any part of his writings, like a design to establish his own reputation, or to make use of his ascendancy over his Christian friends to answer any secular purposes of his own. On the contrary, in this and in his other epistles, he discovers a most generous, disinterested regard for their welfare, expressly disclaiming any authority over their consciences, and appealing to them, that he had chose to maintain himself by the labour of this own hands, rather than prove burdensome to the churches, or give the least colour of suspicion, that, under zeal for the gospel, and concern for their improvement, he was carrying on any private sinister view. The discovery of so excellent a temper must be allowed to carry with it a strong presumptive argument in favour of the doctrines he taught....And, indeed, whoever reads St. Paul's epistles with attention, and enters into the spirit with which they were written, will discern such intrinsic characters of their genuineness, and the divine authority of the doctrines they contain, as will, perhaps, produce in him a stronger conviction than all the external evidence with which they are attended." These remarks are exceedingly well grounded and highly important; and to no other Epistles can they apply with greater force than the present most excellent productions of the inspired Apostle. The last two chapters of the first epistle, in particular, as Dr. A. Clarke justly observes, "are certainly among the most important, and the most sublime in the New Testament. The general judgment, the resurrection of the body, and the states of the quick and the dead, the unrighteous and the just, are described, concisely indeed, but they are exhibited in the most striking and affecting points of view."

3:18

kamu sekalian!

Rom 16:20; [Lihat FULL. Rom 16:20]