John Bengel Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - 4:9

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John Bengel Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - 4:9


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1Th 4:9. Οὐ χρείαν ἔχομεν, we have no need) Heb 8:11.[14]-θεοδίδακτοι, taught of God) God imbues [not teaches, strictly] us with love by regeneration; therefore the word taught has a Catachresis [an application of a word not in its strictly regular sense], that it may be opposed to the writing [γράφειν ὑμῖν].-εἰς τὸ ἀγαπᾷν, with respect to loving) The force of Divine doctrine flows into (has its confluence in) love.

[14] B (εἴχομεν) D corrected, G Vulg., later Syr. fg, support the first person plural. The MS. Amiatinus of Vulg., like B, has the past tense, ‘habuimus.’ Ἔχομεν is Lachmann’s reading. But Tisch., as Rec. Text, ἔχετε, with Syr. and Memph.-ED.