1 THESSALONIANS 3:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.”
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord — the language is not hyperbole but covenantal: Paul's very vitality is bound to their stability in Christ. 'Stand fast' (stekō, to stand firm) is the posture of the soldier and the saint; steadfastness is not a luxury but a necessity. The apostle's life and the Thessalonians' faithfulness are mystically interwoven.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 3:8
A question lies before us today, which is much disputed, and which is gathered from many sources. But what is this question? “For this cause,” he says, “when I could no longer forbear, I sent Timothy that I might know your faith.” What do you say? He, who knew so many things, who heard unutterable words, who ascended even to the third heaven, does not he know, even when he is in Athens? And yet the distance is not great, nor has he been long parted from them. For he says,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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