the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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2 Thessalonians 2:1
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Brothers and sisters, we have something to say about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. We want to talk to you about that time when we will meet together with him.
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brethren,
We beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde Iesu Christ and in that we shall assemble vnto him
Now we beg you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and our gathering together to him,
Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, regarding the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
Brothers and sisters, we have something to say about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and the time when we will meet together with him.
Now we urge you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him;
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering to him.
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,
Now we beg you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him,
Now I beseech you, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
But with respect to the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to meet Him, we entreat you, brethren,
But, britheren, we preien you bi the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and of oure congregacioun in to the same comyng,
Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
When our Lord Jesus returns, we will be gathered up to meet him. So I ask you, my friends,
Now in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to meet Him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
Now we beseech you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him;
Now as to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our meeting with him, it is our desire, my brothers,
But in connection with the coming of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah and our gathering together to meet him, we ask you, brothers,
Now we beg you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,
But we beseech of you, my brethren, as it regards the coming of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, and our assemblage with him,
But we entreat of you, my brethren, in regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and in respect to our being congregated unto him,
Now wee beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our gathering together vnto him,
Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him.
Our Lord Jesus Christ is coming again. We will be gathered together to meet Him. But we ask you, Christian brothers,
As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters,
Nowe we beseech you, brethren, by the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by our assembling vnto him,
NOW we beseech you, my brethren, concerning the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ, and concerning our gathering together with him,
But we request you, brethren, - in behalf of the Presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him,
And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and of our gathering together unto him:
We besech you brethren, by the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and by our assembling vnto hym,
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to be with him: I beg you, my friends,
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him: We ask you, brothers and sisters,
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to him,
And, brothers, we entreat you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together to Him,
And we ask you, brethren, in regard to the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him,
We beseke you brethren by the commynge of or LORDE Iesus Christ, and in that we shal assemble vnto him,
Now we conjure you, brethren, that with respect to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our being assembled with him,
Now, friends, read these next words carefully. Slow down and don't go jumping to conclusions regarding the day when our Master, Jesus Christ, will come back and we assemble to welcome him. Don't let anyone shake you up or get you excited over some breathless report or rumored letter from me that the day of the Master's arrival has come and gone. Don't fall for any line like that. Before that day comes, a couple of things have to happen. First, the Apostasy. Second, the debut of the Anarchist, a real dog of Satan. He'll defy and then take over every so-called god or altar. Having cleared away the opposition, he'll then set himself up in God's Temple as "God Almighty." Don't you remember me going over all this in detail when I was with you? Are your memories that short? You'll also remember that I told you the Anarchist is being held back until just the right time. That doesn't mean that the spirit of anarchy is not now at work. It is, secretly and underground. But the time will come when the Anarchist will no longer be held back, but will be let loose. But don't worry. The Master Jesus will be right on his heels and blow him away. The Master appears and—puff!—the Anarchist is out of there. The Anarchist's coming is all Satan's work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they're so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they're banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions. Meanwhile, we've got our hands full continually thanking God for you, our good friends—so loved by God! God picked you out as his from the very start. Think of it: included in God's original plan of salvation by the bond of faith in the living truth. This is the life of the Spirit he invited you to through the Message we delivered, in which you get in on the glory of our Master, Jesus Christ. So, friends, take a firm stand, feet on the ground and head high. Keep a tight grip on what you were taught, whether in personal conversation or by our letter. May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.
Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters,
Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
I want to talk to y'all about the time when Jesus comes back and we finally get to ride with him in person.
Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
Now we ask you, brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
we: Romans 12:1
by the: 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16
and by: Genesis 49:10, Matthew 24:31, Matthew 25:32, Mark 13:27, Ephesians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:1
Reciprocal: Psalms 50:5 - Gather Luke 19:11 - they thought John 14:3 - I will 1 Corinthians 1:10 - by the 1 Thessalonians 2:19 - in 1 Timothy 6:14 - until Hebrews 9:28 - he appear
Cross-References
Suddenly a multitude of the Heavenly Army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,Genesis 28:12; 32:1-2; Psalm 103:20-21; 148:2; Daniel 7:10; Hebrews 1:14; Revelation 5:11;">[xr]
When they heard this, they all raised their voices to God and said, "Master, you made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.2 Kings 19:15;">[xr]
"So God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the heavenly bodies. As it is written in the book of the Prophets:Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:3; Psalm 81:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Ezekiel 20:25,39; Amos 5:25-26; Romans 1:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:11;">[xr] 'O house of Israel, you didn't offer me slaughtered animals and sacrifices those forty years in the wilderness, did you?
For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said,Psalm 95:11; Hebrews 3:11,14;">[xr] "So in my anger I swore a solemn oaththat they would never enter my rest,"Psalm 95:11">[fn] even though his works had been finished since the foundation of the world.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now we beseech you, brethren,.... The apostle having finished his first design in this epistle, which was to encourage the saints to patience under sufferings, proceeds to another view he had in writing it, and that is, to set the doctrine of Christ's coming, as to the time of it, in its proper light; and this is occasioned by what he had said concerning it in the former epistle, which was either misunderstood or misrepresented; and as he addresses the saints with a very affectionate appellation as his "brethren", so by way of entreaty "beseeching", and yet in a very solemn manner:
by the coming of our Lord Jesus: which is to be understood not of the coming of Christ in the flesh, to procure the salvation of his people; nor of his coming in his kingdom and power to take vengeance on the Jewish nation, for their rejection of him as the Messiah; but of his coming to judge the quick and dead, than which nothing is more sure and certain, being affirmed by angels and men, by prophets and apostles, and by Christ himself, or more desirable by the saints; wherefore the apostle entreats them by it, that whereas they believed it, expected it, and wished for it, they would regard what he was about to say: so that the words, though an entreaty, are in the form of an adjuration; unless they should be rendered as in the Ethiopic version, as they may, "concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ"; and so express subject matter of the discourse now entering upon, with what follows:
and by our gathering together unto him; which regards not the great gatherings of the people to Christ the true Shiloh upon his first coming, and the preaching of the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, when there were not only great flockings to hear it, but multitudes were converted by it; nor the greater gatherings there will be in the latter day, at the time of the conversion of the Jews, and when the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought in; nor the conversion of particular persons, who are gathered in to Christ, and received by him one by one; nor the assembling of the saints together for public worship, in which sense the word is used in Hebrews 10:25 but the gathering together of all the saints at the last day, at the second coming of Christ; for he will come with ten thousand of his saints, yea, with all his saints, when their dead bodies shall be raised and reunited to their souls, and they with the living saints will be caught up into the air, to meet the Lord there and be ever with him; when they will make up, complete and perfect, the general assembly and church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven: this will be the gathering together of all the elect of God; and so the Arabic version reads, "the gathering of us all"; and which, as it is certain, is greatly to be desired; it will be a happy meeting and a glorious sight; by this the apostle entreats and adjures them to regard what follows.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ - The phrase “by the coming,” is not here, as our translators seem to have supposed, a form of solemn adjuration. It is not common, if it ever occurs, in the Scriptures, to make a solemn adjuration in view of an event, and the connection here demands that we give to the phrase a different sense. It means, respecting his coming; and the idea of Paul is: “In regard to that great event of which I spoke to you in my former epistle - the coming of the Saviour - I beseech you not to be troubled, as if it were soon to happen. As his views had been misunderstood or misrepresented, he now proposes to show them that there was nothing in the true doctrine which should create alarm, as if he were about to appear.
And by our gathering together unto him - There is manifest allusion here to what is said in the First Epistle 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “then we shall be caught up together with them in the clouds;” and the meaning is: “in reference to our being gathered unto him, I beseech you not to be shaken in mind, as if that event were near.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER II.
He exhorts the Thessalonians to stand fast in the faith, and
not to be alarmed at the rumours they heard concerning the
sudden coming of Christ, 1, 2.
Because, previously to this coming, there would be a great
apostasy from the true faith, and a manifestation of a son of
perdition, of whose unparalleled presumption he gives an awful
description; as well as of his pernicious success among men,
and the means which he would use to deceive and pervert the
world; and particularly those who do not receive the love of
the truth, but have pleasure in unrighteousness, 3-12.
He thanks God for their steadfastness; shows the great
privileges to which they were called; and prays that they may
be comforted and established in every good word and work,
13-17.
NOTES ON CHAP. II.
Verse 2 Thessalonians 2:1. We beseech you - by the coming of our Lord — It is evident that the Thessalonians, incited by deceived or false teachers, had taken a wrong meaning out of the words of the first epistle, 1 Thessalonians 4:15, c., concerning the day of judgment and were led then to conclude that that day was at hand; and this had produced great confusion in the Church: to correct this mistake, the apostle sent them this second letter, in which he shows that this day must be necessarily distant, because a great work is to be done previously to its appearing.
Of the day of general judgment he had spoken before, and said that it should come as a thief in the night, i.e. when not expected; but he did not attempt to fix the time, nor did he insinuate that it was either near at hand, or far off. Now, however, he shows that it must necessarily be far off, because of the great transactions which must take place before it can come.
