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1 Thessalonians 2:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.


1 Thessalonians 2:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Thessalonians 2:1622 words
GreekMeaning
κωλυόντωνkōlyontōn
they are hinderingverbG2967
ἡμᾶςhēmas
IpronounG1473
τοῖςtois
to thearticleG3588
ἔθνεσινethnesin
GentilesnounG1484
λαλῆσαιlalēsai
to speakverbG2980
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
σωθῶσινsōthōsin
they may be savedverbG4982
εἰςeis
so asprepositionG1519
τὸto
thearticleG3588
ἀναπληρῶσαιanaplērōsai
to fill upverbG378
αὐτῶνautōn
theirpronounG846
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
ἁμαρτίαςhamartias
sinsnounG266
πάντοτεpantote
alwaysadverbG3842
ἔφθασενephthasen
Has comeverbG5348
δὲde
nowwordG1161
ἐπ’ep’
uponprepositionG1909
αὐτοὺςautous
thempronounG846
thearticleG3588
ὀργὴorgē
wrathnounG3709
εἰςeis
to theprepositionG1519
τέλοςtelos
utmostnounG5056
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:16

“For you,” he says, “became imitators of the Churches of God which are in Judæa.” This is a great consolation. It is no wonder, he says, that they should do these things to you, inasmuch as they have done it also to their own countrymen. And this too is no little proof that the Preaching is true, that even Jews were able to endure all things. “For you also,” he says, “have suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews.” There is something more…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 3 on First Thessalonians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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