Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - 2:19

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Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - 2:19


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Hope

Used of the object of hope, as Col 1:5; 1Ti 1:1; Heb 6:18.

Joy - crown (χαρὰ - στέφανος)

Comp. Phi 4:1. The phrase crown of rejoicing or boasting, in Pro 16:31; Eze 16:12; Eze 23:42. Comp. Isa 62:3, στέφανος κάλλους crown of beauty, and Soph. Aj. 465, στέφ εὐκλείας crown of renown. The Thessalonians were “a chaplet of victory of which Paul might justly make his boast in the day of the Lord” (Ellicott). For στέφανος see on Rev 4:4.

Coming (παρουσίᾳ)

See on Mat 24:8, and see on ἐπιφάνεια appearing, 1Ti 6:14 and see on 2Th 2:8.