1 THESSALONIANS 1:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.”
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you — the election of the church rests not on their worthiness but on divine initiative and affection. The term 'chosen' (ekloge) carries covenant weight, echoing God's selection of Israel; now the gentiles of Thessalonica stand within that redemptive narrative. This knowledge produces not pride but humble gratitude and accountability to their calling.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 1:4
Knowing what? How “we showed ourselves among you”? Here he also touches upon his own good actions, but covertly. For he wishes first to enlarge upon their praises, and what he says is something of this sort. I knew that you were men of great and noble sort, that you were of the Elect. For this reason we also endure all things for your sake. For this, “what manner of men we showed ourselves among you,” is the expression of one showing that with much zeal and much vehemence we…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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