1 Thessalonians 2:20 — Greek Interlinear

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…