Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - 4:11

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Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 4:11 - 4:11

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16
4:17 - 4:17

Study (φιλοτιμεῖσθαι)

Po. Make it your aim. Comp. Rom 15:20 (see note); 2Co 5:9. Often in Class. Lit. to be fond of honor: hence to strive for honor, to be ambitious.

To be quiet (ἡσυχάζειν)

Note the paradox, strive to be quiet. For similar instances see Rom 1:20, unseen things clearly seen: Rom 1:22, wise, be fooled (comp. Horace, Od. 1, 34, 2, insaniens sapientia): 2Co 8:2, poverty abounded unto riches: 2Co 7:10, repentance, not to be repented of. The disturbances rebuked in the second Epistle may have begun to show themselves, so that there is a possible allusion to the idle busybodies of 2Th 3:11.