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1Th_5:16. Comp. Php_4:4. Also this exhortation is closely connected with the preceding. The readers are to be always joyfully inclined, even when the case indicated in 1Th_5:15 occurs—that sufferings are prepared for them. The Christian can always feel inspired and elevated with internal joy, as he has the assured confidence that all things promote the good of the children of God; comp. Rom_8:28; 2Co_6:10; Rom_5:3. In a forced manner Chrysostom, whom Theophylact and others follow, refers 1Th_5:16 to the disposition required in 1Th_5:15 : Ὅταν γὰρ τοιαύτην ἔχωμεν ψυχήν , ὥστε μηδένα ἀμύνεσθαι , ἀλλὰ πάντας εὐεργετεῖν , πόθεν , εἰπέ μοι , τὸ τῆς λύπης κέντρον παρεισελθεῖν δυνήσεται ;
Also it deserves to be mentioned as a curiosity that Koppe and Bolten hold it possible to consider πάντοτε χαίρετε as a concluding salutation (intended, but afterwards overlooked amid further additions): “Semper bene valere vos jubeat deus!” (Koppe). “Farewell always!” (Bolten).