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1 Thessalonians 1:4
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Brothers and sisters, God loves you. And we know that he has chosen you to be his people.
For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;
because we knowe brethren beloved of god how yt ye are electe.
We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
knowing, brothers and sisters, beloved by God, His choice of you;
Brothers and sisters, God loves you, and we know he has chosen you,
knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,
Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
) Knowing, beloved brethren, your election of God.
knowing as we do, brethren, that you are beloved by God and that He has chosen you.
Ye louyde britheren of God, we witinge youre chesing;
knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
My dear friends, God loves you, and we know he has chosen you to be his people.
Brothers and sisters beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you;
knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election,
Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;
We know, brothers, that God has loved and chosen you;
knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election.
Brothers whom God loves, we know that he has chosen you,Colossians 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:13;">[xr]
For we know your election, my brethren, beloved of Aloha,
For we know your election, my brethren, beloved of God.
Knowing, brethren beloued, your election of God.
We know, dear brothers and sisters, that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own people.
Christian brothers, we know God loves you and that He has chosen you.
For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you,
Knowing, beloued brethren, that ye are elect of God.
For we know that you are the elected ones, my brethren, and beloved of God.
Knowing, brethren beloved by God, your election, -
Knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election:
Knowyng, brethren beloued, your election of God.
Our friends, we know that God loves you and has chosen you to be his own.
For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
knowing, brothers dearly loved by God, that he has chosen you,
knowing, brothers, having been loved, your election by God.
having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,
Because we knowe (brethren, beloued of God) how that ye are electe:
for we are persuaded, my brethren, that you are the peculiar objects of divine favour;
We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
knowing, beloved brethren, your election by God.
We know y'all have been handpicked by God to cowboy for his outfit. He loves y'all more than you can ever imagine.
knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;
knowing, brothers beloved by God, your election,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Knowing: 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 11:5-7, Ephesians 1:4, Philippians 1:6, Philippians 1:7, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 Peter 1:10
your election: Romans 1:7, Romans 9:25, Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Colossians 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 1:9, 2 Timothy 1:10, Titus 3:4, Titus 3:5
beloved, your election of God: or, beloved of God
Reciprocal: Isaiah 44:2 - Fear Mark 2:5 - saw Acts 11:23 - seen Romans 8:33 - of God's Romans 9:11 - according Romans 14:18 - and 2 Corinthians 1:7 - our Hebrews 6:9 - beloved 1 Peter 1:5 - unto 2 John 1:1 - the elect lady
Cross-References
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. Which intends not an election to an office, for this epistle is written not to the officers of the church only, but to the whole church; nor to the Gospel, the outward means of grace, since this was common to them with others, and might be known without the evidence after given; nor does it design the effectual calling, sometimes so called for this is expressed in the following verse as a fruit, effect, and evidence of the election here spoken of, which is no other than the eternal choice of, them to everlasting life and happiness: this is of God, an act of God the Father, made in Christ Jesus before the world began, and which springs from his sovereign will, and is the effect of his pure love and free favour; and therefore these persons who are the objects of it are said to be "beloved of God"; for so the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read the words, and which agree with 2 Thessalonians 2:13 for this choice does not arise from the merits of men, or any conditions in them, or from the foresight of their faith, holiness, and good works, but from the free grace and good pleasure of God; and is the source and spring of all grace, and the blessings of it, and even of good works; and is a sure, immutable, and irreversible act of God, being founded on his own will, and not on the works of men; the knowledge they had of this was not what the Thessalonians themselves had, though they might have, and doubtless had the knowledge of this grace, and which may be concluded with certainty from the effectual calling; and is a privilege which many particular believers may, and do arrive unto the knowledge of, without any extraordinary revelation made unto them: but here it intends the knowledge which the apostle and his companions had of the election of the members of this church; not by inspiration of the Spirit of God, but by the manner of the Gospel's coming unto them, and the effects it had upon them, as expressed in the following verses; and from their faith, hope, and love, mentioned in the preceding verse; and which was the ground and foundation of their thanksgiving for them; see on Gill "2Th 2:13".
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God - The margin here reads, “beloved of God, your election.” The difference depends merely on the pointing, and that which would require the marginal reading has been adopted by Hahn, Tittman, Bloomfield, and Griesbach. The sense is not materially varied, and the common version may be regarded as giving the true meaning. There is no great difference between “being beloved of God,” and “being chosen of God.” The sense then is, “knowing that you are chosen by God unto salvation;” compare notes on Ephesians 1:4-5, Ephesians 1:11. The word “knowing” here refers to Paul himself, and to Silas and Timothy, who united with him in writing the Epistle, and in rendering thanks for the favors shown to the church at Thessalonica. The meaning is, that they had so strong confidence that they had been chosen of God as a church unto salvation, that they might say they knew it.
The way in which they knew it seems not to have been by direct revelation or by inspiration, but by the evidence which they had furnished, and which constituted such a proof of piety as to leave no doubt of the fact. Calvin. What this evidence was, the apostle states in the following verses. I was shown by the manner in which they embraced the gospel, and by the spirit which they had evinced under its influence The meaning here seems to be, not that all the members of the church at Thessalonica were certainly chosen of God to salvation - for, as in other churches, there might have been those there who were false professors - but that the church, as such, had given evidence that it was a true church - that it was founded on Christian principles - and that, as a church, it had furnished evidence of its “election by God.” Nor can it mean, as Clarke and Bloomfield suppose, that God “had chosen and called the Gentiles to the same privileges to which he chose and called the Jews; and that as they (the Jews) had rejected the gospel, God had now elected the Gentiles in their stead;” for a considerable portion of the church was composed of Jews (see Acts 17:4-5), and it cannot, therefore, mean that the Gentiles had been selected in the place of the Jews. Besides, the election of the Gentiles, or any portion of the human family, to the privileges of salvation, to the neglect or exclusion of any other part, would be attended with all the difficulties which occur in the doctrine of personal and individual election. Nothing is gained on this subject in removing the difficulties, by supposing that God chooses masses of people instead of individuals. How can the one be more proper than the other? What difficulty in the doctrine of election is removed by the supposition? Why is it not as right to choose an individual as a nation? Why not as proper to reject an individual as a whole people? If this means that the church at Thessalonica had shown that it was a true church of Christ, chosen by God, then we may learn:
(1) That a true church owes what it has to the “election of God.” It is because God has chosen it; has called it out from the world; and has endowed it in such a manner as to he a true church.
(2) A church may give evidence that it is chosen of God, and is a true church. There are things which it may do, which will show that it is undoubtedly such a church as God has chosen, and such as he approves. There are just principles on which a church should be organized, and there is a spirit which may be manifested by a church which will distinguish it from any other association of people.
(3) It is not improper to speak with strong confidence of such a church as undoubtedly chosen of God. There are churches which, by their zeal, self-denial, and deadness to the world, show beyond question their “election of God,” and the world may see that they are founded on other principles and manifest a different spirit from other organizations of people.
(4) Every church should evince such a spirit that there may be no doubt of its “election of God.” It should be so dead to the world; so pure in doctrine and in practice, and so much engaged in spreading the knowledge of salvation, that the world will see that it is governed by higher principles than any worldly association, and that nothing could produce this but the influence of the Holy Spirit of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Thessalonians 1:4. Knowing - your election of God. — Being assured, from the doctrine which I have delivered to you, and which God has confirmed by various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, that he has chosen and called the Gentiles to the same privileges to which he chose and called the Jews; and that, as they have rejected the offers of the Gospel, God has now elected the Gentiles in their stead. This is the election which the Thessalonians knew; and of which the apostle treats at large in his Epistle to the Romans, and also in his Epistles to the Galatians and Ephesians. No irrespective, unconditional, eternal, and personal election to everlasting glory, is meant by the apostle. As God had chosen the Jews, whom, because of their obstinate unbelief, he had now rejected; so he had now chosen or elected the Gentiles. And in neither case was there any thing absolute; all was most specifically conditional, as far as their final salvation was concerned; without any merit on their side, they were chosen and called to those blessings which, if rightly used, would lead them to eternal glory. That these blessings could be abused-become finally useless and forfeited, they had an ample proof in the case of the Jews, who, after having been the elect of God for more than 2000 years, were now become reprobates.
