Clerical World 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord… I. CONSISTS in "obtaining the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." This phrase is evidently an expansion and more exact specification of the term salvation in ver. 13. The believer is to share the glory which Christ possesses (John 17.). Jesus has already given His glory of self-sacrificing love and union with the Father to His disciples in a measure, but hereafter it is to be given in fulness. What a great salvation! II. IS OBTAINED — 1. As a result of God's choice and call. Not that this lessens human responsibility, or should relax human watchfulness and diligence (ver. 15). 2. As a result of the Spirit's sanctification. 3. Through personal apprehension of the truth. III. IS A MATTER OF THANKFULNESS. (Clerical World.) Parallel Verses KJV: But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: |
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