1 THESSALONIANS 2:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?”
For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? — the Thessalonians are Paul's eschatological boast; they are the fruit of his labor and the evidence of his faithful apostleship. The 'crown of rejoicing' (stephanos kauchēseōs) awaits at the parousia; his ultimate vindication comes from the risen Lord, not from human acclaim. The church is both his present joy and his future reward.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:19
Are the Macedonians, tell me, your hope, O blessed Paul? Not these alone, he says. Therefore he has added, “Are you not also?” For “what,” he says, “is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying”? Observe then the words, which are those of women, inflamed with tenderness, talking to their little children. “And crown of glorying,” he says. For the name of “crown” was not sufficient to express the splendor, but also “of glorying.” Of what fiery warmth is this! Never could either…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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