1 THESSALONIANS 2:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For ye are our glory and joy.”
For you are our glory and joy — the affirmation is unqualified and transcendent; the Thessalonians embody the consummation of Paul's apostolic calling. They are his 'glory' (doxa) in the most profound sense — not as a trophy but as transformed lives now bearing the divine image. Love expresses itself in the recognition of the beloved's worth.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:20
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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