Verse 6
6. Timothy’s return and report; and St. Paul’s consequent feeling and present prayer for them, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13.
6. From Thessalonica Timothy returns and reports to St. Paul at Corinth. See note, Acts 18:4. The apostle, who up to that arrival had hardly been himself at Corinth, takes new life. The rich outburst of exultation here is a delightful commentary on Luke’s account of his then revolution of feeling.
Good tidings The Greek word for gospel. Timothy’s report was a very evangel to our apostle. Three delightful facts Timothy reported:
their faith, or firm persistence, spite of persecution, in Christian truth; their love, evincing the beauty of Christian goodness; their remembrance of their apostle, to which remembrance his mindful love was responsive.
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