Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - 4:15

Online Resource Library

Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com

Vincent Word Studies - 1 Thessalonians 4:15 - 4:15


(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)

This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

By the word of the Lord (ἐν λόγῳ κυρίου)

Or in the word. Λόγος of a concrete saying, Rom 9:9; Rom 13:9. We do not say this on our own authority. Comp. 1Co 7:10, 1Co 7:12, 1Co 7:25. No recorded saying of the Lord answers to this reference. It may refer to a saying transmitted orally, or to a direct revelation to Paul. Comp. Gal 1:12; Gal 2:2; Eph 3:3; 2Co 12:1, 2Co 12:9.

Remain (περιλειπόμενοι)

Po. and only in this Epistle. The plural we indicates that Paul himself expected to be alive at the parousia.

Shall not prevent (οὐ μὴ φθάσωμεν)

The A.V. misses the force of the double negative - shall in no wise prevent. Prevent in the older sense of anticipate, be beforehand with. See on Mat 17:25, and see on 1Th 2:16. The living shall not share the blessings of the advent sooner than the dead in Christ.