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24. πιστὸς ὁ καλῶν ὑμᾶς, δς καὶ ποιήσει. Faithful is He that calls you, who also will do (it). The Thessalonians are conscious that God is calling them to a life of consecration to Himself, to be crowned by heavenly glory (see 1Th 2:12, 1Th 4:3, 1Th 5:18, and notes); He speaks in the Gospel as ὁ καλῶν: the “call” proves the possibility of the complete sanctification prayed for, since it pledges God’s all-sufficing aid to this effect. See 1Co 1:9; Php 1:6; Rom 11:29; 2Ti 2:13; Psa 57:2; Psa 138:8, for similar assumptions and tacit arguments. Elsewhere the Apostle points to the σφραγίς, or the ἀῤῥαβών, or the ἀπαρχή, “of the Spirit” as warranting the same certainty: see 2Co 1:22; Eph 1:13 f., Eph 4:30; Rom 8:14-17; Rom 8:23. Under the formula πιστὸς ὁ θεός (or κύριος) St Paul appeals to God’s fidelity, in various ways: see 2Th 3:3; 1Co 1:9; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 1:18; 2Ti 2:13; cf. Deu 7:9, Isa 49:7, &c. For the timeless present, ὁ καλῶν, see note on 1Th 2:12 : it implies God’s abiding character.
Ποιήσει is elliptical and without expressed object: the verbs are apposed in their bare idea—“Your Caller will do”; God will put His summons into execution, He will not let it remain futile nor leave its fulfilment to man’s weakness. “Hath He said, and shall He not do?” Num 23:19; cf. Psa 22:31; Isa 44:23; Isa 55:11; Luk 1:37, &c.