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1Th 3:3. Σαίνεσθαι) [that no man should be moved,-seduced and cajoled out of his faith]: σαίνω from σέω, to move. Eustathius shows, that it is properly applied to dogs, when they fawn by wagging the tail;[11] by metaphor ΕἸς ΤΟῪς ὙΠΟΎΛΟΙς ΚΑῚ ΚΟΛΑΚΙΚΟῪς, applied to those that are deceitful at heart and prone to flatter; and this is obviously the idea here. For in afflictions, relatives and opponents, and the heart itself, mingle their flatteries, and when these are overcome, believers are confirmed.-ταὺταις, in these (present) afflictions) The present time.-κείμεθα, we lie, i.e. are set, are appointed unto this) An argument from our calling: comp. ch. 1Th 5:9, God ἔθετο, hath appointed us.
[11] So Latin ceveo in Persius; Th. cieo, to move or shake, as σαίνω from σέω, σείω.-ED.