1 THESSALONIANS 5:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.”
I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers — the solemn adjuration (horkizō) underscores the letter's apostolic authority and universality. All must hear; none may be excluded from the gospel's voice. The letter is Scripture.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 5:27
Oh! What fervor! Oh! What mad passion is here! Because being absent he could not greet them with the kiss, he greets them through others, as when we say, Kiss him for me. So also do you yourselves retain the fire of love. For it does not admit of distances, but even through long intervening ways it extends itself, and is everywhere present. And this command is rather from love, and not so much in the way of teaching; that with them also, he means, I may be conversing.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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