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11Thess 3:1
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:829A…remain at Athens alone: And we sent Timothy our brother, and the minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith (I Thess. iii, 1, 2). That one ought to listen to t… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:831A…hrist, to confirm you and exhort you concerning your faith, that no one should be moved in these tribulations; for you yourselves know that we are set in this (I Thess. iii, 1-3). That it is proper for him who loves… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:569…twice and satan hindered us wherefore no longer able to endure it we thought it good to be left in athens alone and sent timothy thess cf oh the power of every word for he displays… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:571…was to be in his stead for the letters wherefore he added wherefore when we could no longer forbear that love which could not be curbed or tolerated by any rein showing and just as when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:297D…e does not say: "it seems good to me also to be said to them, in the Spirit." Because he could not endure any longer, it pleased us to remain at Athens, alone (1 Thess. 3:1). And see, two of his ministers he sent… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:375A…f when writing to the Thessalonians: "Therefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone, and sent Timothy our brother" (I Thess. 3:1), and for the same reason: "That he may… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:409…glory and our joy therefore being no longer able to bear it we thought it good to be left in athens alone he said this in place of we chose and we sent timothy our brother… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:467C…ECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONICENSES. ARGUMENT. HOMILY I "And to see you; and, We do not endure, but we were left alone at Athens; and, I sent Timothy" (1 Thess. 3. 1) being said in the former epistle, that… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:37…them for in the middle of the epistle he says thus b wherefore when we could no longer forbear we thought it good to be left at athens alone and sent timotheus our brother and minister… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1297…church to christ and one so approved h caput iii h vers wherefore when we could no longer forbear we thought it good to be left at athens alone that is we chose and determined vers…
21Thess 3:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:521…by them, wrote and said: I sent Timothy to you so that no one should be shaken in these tribulations; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this (1 Thess. 3.2-3). And what he says is this: This is our… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:409…he said this in place of we chose and we sent timothy our brother and minister of god and our fellow worker in the gospel of christ and he says this not to exalt timothy but… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:383B…up thereby, wrote saying: “I sent Timothy to you, so that no one might be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this” (I Thess. III, 2-3). What he means is this: This is ou… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:37…longer forbear we thought it good to be left at athens alone and sent timotheus our brother and minister of god and our fellow labourer in the gospel… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:27…whom paul sent to confirm others we sent says paul himself timothy our brother and minister of god in the gospel of christ to confirm you and to exhort you for your faith that no man… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…love to be left behind in athens alone and we sent timothy our brother and minister of god and our fellow worker in the gospel of christ to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:77…iii and we sent timothy our brother and minister and fellow worker in the gospel of christ to confirm you and to console you concerning your faith that no one should be moved or disturbed in… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1297…be left at athens alone that is we chose and determined vers and sent timotheus our brother and minister of god and our fellow labourer in the gospel of christ such was the care of this…
31Thess 3:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:51Latin…). Quomodo autem deficiebant alio afflicto? Hoc est, perturbabantur. Hoc etiam dicit scribens ad Thessalonicenses: «Ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis» (I Thess. III, 3). Non solum enim non dolendum, sed etia… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:409…establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith that no one should be moved by these afflictions what does he say here since the temptations of teachers disturb the disciples and he was at that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1297…disciples just as the wounding of a general is to soldiers vers that no man should be moved by these afflictions he explains now what benefit the strengthening from timothy would bring to them and he…
41Thess 3:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:409…for you yourselves know that we are appointed for this and indeed when we were with you we told you before that we were to be afflicted as it came to pass and you know it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:481…again for just as when they heard about afflictions for he says when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction nevertheless they forgot and he again strengthens them through… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…for you yourselves know that we are appointed for this vers for when we were with you we told you before that we would suffer tribulations even as it came to pass and you know for… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1297…those that are future for this is more proper to us vers for verily when we were with you we told you before that we should suffer tribulation even as it came to pass…
51Thess 3:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:679C…you do," he says, "weeping and breaking my heart?" [Acts XXI, 13]), and which could not endure the time, in which he feared lest the Thessalonians might slip (I Thess. III, 5). . I would like to see the dust of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:415…homily iv h a chap chap wherefore i also no longer enduring sent to know your faith lest by any means the tempter have tempted you and our labor be in vain but now that timotheus… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…know for this reason i too no longer able to bear it sent to know your faith lest by some means the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be in vain but now that… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:77…you know it for this reason i also no longer bearing it sent to know your faith lest by any means he who tempts had tempted you and our labor had been in vain c such… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…ce, however, that he did not say, "Doubting concerning you," but—what is an indication of great love—"No longer enduring," he says, "I sent to know" [I Thess. III, 5]. Here some inquire: why did he who ascended to the thi… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:319C…e, and may console your hearts" (Eph. 6:22); but concerning Timothy: "I sent him to you, no longer able to endure, lest perhaps he who tempts has tempted you" (1 Thess. 3:5). And elsewhere Titus, elsewhere anothe…
61Thess 3:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:415…have tempted you and our labor be in vain but now that timotheus came from you unto us and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity and that you have good remembrance of us… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…in vain but now that timothy has come to us from you and brought us good tidings of your faith and love and that you have always good remembrance of us greatly desiring to see us… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…brought us good news of your faith and love and that you have good remembrance of us always desiring to see us just as we also desire to see you therefore we have been comforted brothers…
71Thess 3:7
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…to see us as we also to see you for this reason brethren we were comforted over you in all our tribulation and distress by your faith for now we live if you stand fast in… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…also desire to see you therefore we have been comforted brothers through you in all our affliction and distress through your faith because now we live if you stand in the lord for what thanksgiving can…
81Thess 3:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:607…without us: and I would to God ye had reigned, that we also might reign together with you (I Cor. IV, 8). And again, Now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord (I Thess. III, 8). See how greatly he strove that the af… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:675…ed when they see us safely established, and that they consider that matter their highest honor, hear Paul saying: "Now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord" (1 Thess. 3:8). Indeed, even Moses before him said to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:675…lly when they see us placed in safety, and that they consider that matter their greatest honor, hear Paul saying: "Now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord" (1 Thess. 3:8). And indeed, Moses before him was sayi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:61D…st, and having brought themselves—I will say—into a state of poverty of soul. For according to the blessed Paul, Then we live, if you stand fast in the Lord (1 Thess. 3. 8). Therefore, as those who are perfect… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:55C…or things it is in their own interest to obtain. And this is in my interest, he says: as he also said writing elsewhere: We live now, if you stand in the Lord (1 Thess. 3:8). For he always greatly desired the sal…
91Thess 3:9
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:641…the lord for we count your confirmation as our own life vers for what thanks can we render to god for you for all the joy wherewith we rejoice for your sakes before our god night… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…faith for now we live if you stand fast in the lord for what thanks can we render to god for you for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our god night…
101Thess 3:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:417…the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our god night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face and supply what is lacking in your faith you have not he says… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our god night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith now god himself… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:79…the joy with which we rejoice for your sake before our god night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and supply what is lacking in your faith…
111Thess 3:11
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:235…paul writes throughout every epistle grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ for it is necessary that the light be with the radiance and that the radiance be seen… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:345A…ts radiance. Thus, therefore, he again prays for the Thessalonians, saying: Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you ⟦I Thess. III, 11⟧; preserving by these words the unity o… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1193…writing to the thessalonians he says and may god our father himself and our lord jesus christ direct our way to you not saying and the holy spirit he manifestly does not announce him with the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1197…and it is true what paul writes to the thessalonians but may god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ sanctify you in perfection and to the corinthians indeed in the first epistle but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:397…to the churches of galatia grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ who gave himself for our sins according to the will of god and our father to whom… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:391…and the lord jesus christ grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ we give thanks to god always for you all making mention of you in our prayers without… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:419…to which little is lacking for this is being made perfect c now god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you and the lord make you to increase and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:771…thus the blessed paul says grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ rom we are blessed then in the name of god but as to what the form of… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:333…divine paul also says d grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ the divine joseph was distressed to see the firstborn placed in a lower position but the father… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:707…called to the faith says grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ and again exhorting those who had not yet believed to enter into peace with god for christ… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:191…christ again the same person writes to others now may god himself our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way to you but if there were not a unity of the father with the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:453…h another h grace to you and peace he says from god our father and our lord jesus christ if christ is counted together with god and father in the bestowal of divine gifts and he… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:641…also through his letters but he begins with prayer vers and may god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you this means may he fulfill our desire and remove… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:787…my beloved child in the faith grace mercy and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ c most appropriately he joined faith to the relative name child for it was not nature but… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1391C…and Lord and Creator of all. And writing to the Thessalonians, he said: "Now may God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you" (I Thess. III, 11). And in the second Epistle to them, he… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2235…to the whole inhabited world grace to you and peace from god our father and our lord jesus christ hence also they had beautiful feet by which the good things of peace were announced some say… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…your face and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith now god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you and the lord make you to increase and… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:81…thessalonians until the coming of christ and our god and father himself and our lord jesus christ direct our way to you and may the lord make you increase and abound in love to one another… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1303…we say that is perfected to which something small is lacking vers now god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you he shows that he was also praying by… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:415…the splendor is one again writing to the thessalonians he prays saying now god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you in which place indeed it must be observed… John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:59…the radiance for this reason paul also writing to the thessalonians may god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way to you preserved the unity of the father and the son… John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:523…And adding: "For this reason, Paul also, writing to the Thessalonians, says: But God himself our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you (1 Thess. III, 11), he preserved the unity of the Father… John Bekkos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 1225-1297PG 141:1003D…he radiance." For this reason, Paul also, writing to the Thessalonians, says: "Now may God himself our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you" (1 Thess. 3:11); he preserved the unity of the Father… Constantine Meliteniotes d. 1307PG 141:1249…through the ray furthermore paul also writing to the thessalonians now may god himself and our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way to you d preserved the unity of the father and the…
121Thess 3:12
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:205B…t has been suggested? You may see more in Wotton himself. GALL. Over your own matters and against one another. Perhaps this alludes to the passage of Paul in I Thess. iii, 12: May the Lord make you increase and ab… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:163B…to the end that He may confirm your hearts blameless in sanctification, before God and our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints (I Thess. iii, 12, 13). Which Lord does he pray [may], be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:419…our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you and the lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another and toward all even as we also do toward you… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:641…and may the lord multiply you and make you abound in charity one toward another and toward all men as we do also toward you to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before god and… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1727B…hese things put on love, which is the bond of perfection" (Col. 3, 14). "And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another, and to all" (I Thess. 3, 12). He says also to others: "But concerni… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…our father and our lord jesus christ direct our way unto you and the lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another and toward all even as we do toward you to… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1303…sides that we may come to you by a straight path vers and the lord make you to increase and abound in charity one toward another and toward all do you see the madness of charity… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1465…of god and in the patience of christ and in another place the lord make you to increase and abound in charity one toward another and to confirm your hearts unblameable in holiness before god even…
131Thess 3:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:727…that your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ to whom is glory and dominion for ever and ever amen h homily viii h on that… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1189…may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ one might inquire regarding the aforementioned consent of spirit and body whether it is possible for these… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:549…says may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ b it is also said of the spirits of the winds thus in genesis and god… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:33…to the strengthening of your hearts blameless in holiness before god and our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his holy ones and here the c lord who makes one abound… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1243…holy paul spoke of to be preserved blameless in soul and body at the coming of our lord jesus christ for one must understand the strengthened thunder as that baptism formerly used among the jews which… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:689…completely and may your whole spirit soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ i thess faithful is god who calls you who will also do it if we keep… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:163…that he may confirm your hearts blameless in sanctification before god and our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints i thess iii which lord does he pray may before… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:639…as to strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness before our god and father at the coming of our lord jesus christ who therefore is the lord who makes us increase and strengthens us in holiness before… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:955…and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ d… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1161…and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ c but those who do not accurately understand any of these things have judged that the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:419…a to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before god even our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints he shows that love brings… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:463…and your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our lord jesus christ observe the benevolence of the teacher after the admonition he adds prayers too not just in speech… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:641…you to confirm your hearts without blame in holiness before god and our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints d the divine apostle called the work of charity the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1405…a establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our god and father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints and again having written to the same people he set down… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…unblamable in holiness before god and our father at the coming c of our lord jesus christ with all his saints that we should be afflicted to be afflicted h chapter iv h vers furthermore then… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:513…obtains the heavenly kingdom granted to all by the liberality and benefit of our lord jesus christ with whom to the father together with the holy spirit be glory honor and empire now and always and… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:103…and may your spirit soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ a apart from this if the soul were the work of one principle and the body… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:81…he may strengthen your hearts unblamable in holiness before our god and father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints d… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1285…a care for the purity of life by the grace and philanthropy of our lord jesus christ with whom to the father and the holy and life giving spirit be glory now and always and unto… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1303…measure and example of love b vers to confirm your hearts unblamable in holiness before god even our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints he asserts that charity brings… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1323…hereafter and may your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ the spirit is the gift which we received through baptism d for if we keep the… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1465…to increase and abound in charity one toward another and to confirm your hearts unblameable in holiness before god even our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ and elsewhere he expressly calls him… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:771…for the strengthening of your hearts irreproachable in holiness before god and our father at the coming of our lord jesus christ with all his saints whom does he entreat as lord to establish the hearts… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:1213…c may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ if the soul were the work of one principle and the body of another why does… Theophanes of Nicaea d. c. 1381PG 150:301…various temptations and afflictions from which you shall receive the unfading crown at the coming of our lord jesus christ b who shall come to glorify his own faithful servants with ineffable and divine glory and… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1125…and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our lord jesus christ thess v…