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1Th 2:13. Διὰ τοῦτο, for this cause) i.e. because you have had such teachers.-εὐχαριστοῦμεν, we give thanks) The naked and categorical sentence would be, You have received [the word of God]. Affection has rendered the language modal[8] by adding thanksgiving.-παραλαβόντες) παραλαμβάνω signifies simply receiving; δέχομαι, includes also in the signification, pleasure and inclination in receiving.[9]-οὐ λόγον ἀνθρώπων, not the word of man) This is an explanation of what he just now said, “the word of God.” Ye have received it, namely, not the word of men, etc.-ὅς, who) viz. God,[10] who thereby shows [viz. by its effectual working in you] that the word is truly the word of God, ch. 1Th 4:8-9; Act 14:3.-ἐνεργεῖται, works effectually) Gal 3:5. [It, for instance, worketh in you patient endurance, 1Th 2:14.-V. g.]
[8] See App. under the title, “Modalis Sermo.”
[9] “When ye received the word-ye welcomed it.” The distinction of the verbs is lost in Engl. Vers.-ED.
[10] But Engl. Vers. makes the antecedent of ὃς, not Θεὸς, but λόγος: which effectually worketh.-ED.