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1 Thessalonians – Week 2
2:1-20 / 3:1-13
Review - Paul plants this church amidst great challenge, stays likely a few months.
Jews and others come to faith in the city.
But some Jews and others are jealous.
They form a mob, drag Jason (wealthy Jew who hosts the church in his home) out and fine him.
Attempt to charge with civil disobedience, trumped up.
Apparently the situation is so dangerous that Paul & Silas are sent out that night to Berea.
This group follows them to harass them in Berea too.
They are relentless in their false accusations and condemnations of Paul and Silas.
Here is how he introduces the shift in topic:
2:1-2
-Failure – kene – vain, empty, without result
-not a failure…emphatic to negate a negative (i.e.
not too bad, not too shabby)
-Badly treated – hybristhentes (hubris) arrogantly, offensively,
outrageously treated
-Philippi – – stripped naked, beaten, jailed
-opposition – agon – struggle, fight…used of competitions
-courage in face of opposition
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What follows now for the rest of chapter 2 and all of chapter 3 is a response to the difficulties they have faced.
This group has initiated a smear campaign against Paul and his team.
This text is Paul’s defense to the Thessalonians.
He doesn’t know what they’ve heard (or at least can guess) and he wants to put their minds at ease.
In chapter 1 he focused on the experience of those in Thessalonica.
In chapters 2-3, he brings the focus onto himself and his ministry companions.
Their slams on him were likely this (based on what he writes): Paul abandoned you.
Things got tough and he bailed.
Meaning, he isn’t legit.
He is just another charlatan traveling around to take advantage of you.
He hasn’t even come back to check on you.
Drop this and move on.
Our text can be divided into two large sections, then we will boil down to some application points at the end.
1. PAUL’S DEFENSE OF HIS VISIT (2:3-16)
2:3-16
4 Images to Describe Paul:
1) Steward (v.
3-6)
v. 3
Preaching – paraklesis – paraclete, come alongside
Deceit – error/deception
Impure motives – akatharsias – dirty, impure (sexual 4:7 impure)
- Not cathardic
Trickery – treachery, cunning
Paul’s message, motives, and methods were all above board.
John Stott – “Here, then, is a tremendous threefold claim.
Paul insists that his message was true, his motives were pure and his methods were open and above-board.
In these three areas his conscience was entirely clear.
In what he said, and in why and how he said it, he was free from anything underhand.”[1]
v. 4
Approved by God – dokimazo – put to test, proven
Entrusted – lit.
faithful
-faith once for all entrusted to the saints,
- – steward the mysteries of God
Please – areskontes – accommodate, win favor
-not in this for human applause.
Pleasing the true audience of one.
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Examines – dokimazo – same as ‘approved’
v. 5
Witness – martyr
v. 6
human praise – anthropa doxa – lit.
man glory
2) Mother (v.
7-8)
v. 7
Make demands – barei – place burdens, be heavy/weighty
-what demands?
Likely financial (v. 9 same word)
Children/gentle – (n)epioi – same general idea either way
-likely gentle – used for leaders in
-children – always used negatively by Paul…spiritual immaturity
Caring for – thalpe – cherish
-apostles put themselves into this category
-not about authority, but love for them
Number 11:12 – Moses resents this role
- // – feed with milk, not solid food
v. 8
so much that – longed for, desire
lives – psyche – soul
3) Father (v.
9-12)
v. 9
remember – mneumoneo
hard work – kopos – same as labor in 1:3 (lit.
toiled labor)
-foreshadowing his commands to them later
4:11-12; 5:12-14
we toiled – ergazomai – work – as in a job
-even though Philippians sent him gifts ()
burden – epibarea – weight – same as ‘make demands’ in v. 7
v. 10
devout – hosios – moral/ritual purity
-with God
Honest – dikaious – righteous
-with people
Faultless – amemptos – without blame/guilt
-reputation
v. 11-12
father – not just in birthing (; )
-also in instruction, guidance, encouragement
pleaded – paraclete
urged – martyred
worthy – axios – like an Axiom, statement that is true, worth following
4) Herald (v.
13)
v. 13
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