Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Thessalonians 2:19

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19. For —giving the reason for his earnest desire to see them. Are not even ye in the presence of . . . Christ —"Christ" is omitted in the oldest manuscripts. Are not even ye (namely, among others; the "even" or "also," implies that not they alone will be his crown) our hope, joy, and crown of rejoicing before Jesus, when He shall come ( 2 Corinthians 1:14 ; Philippians 2:16 ; Philippians 4:1 )? The "hope" here meant is his hope (in a lower sense), that these his converts might be found in Christ at His advent ( Philippians 4:1- : ). Paul's chief "hope" was JESUS CHRIST ( Philippians 4:1- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1th-2-003

절 (explains)

bible-text/1th-2-19

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological