1 Thessalonians 2:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“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?”
1 Thessalonians 2:19 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Thessalonians 2:1922 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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…
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