2 Thessalonians 2:15

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Paul commends, counsels, and comforts his readers: v. 13. 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; v. 14. whereunto he called you by our Gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. v. 15. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. v.... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

2. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17Exhortation, growing out of the foregoing instruction: Christians, whom God has saved from the Antichristian ruin are the more encouraged to stand fast, and for them the Divine guardianship is besought13But we are bound to give thanks always to God [Greet order: to God always] for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,63 because God hath from the beginning chosen you [God chose you from the beginning]64 to salvation through 14[in]65 sanctification of the Spirit and belief... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Held Firm and Guarded from Evil 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 This closing section is full of comfort and inspiration. Believers in Christ are the beloved of God; their salvation dates from His eternal love and choice, and His purpose for us is being wrought out in our characters by the Holy Spirit, who ministers to us through the truth. Our comfort is eternal and our hope is unfailing. Paul was now preaching at Corinth, and he asks that the gospel may run , 2... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

The apostle now stated clearly the order of events connected with the Second Advent of Jesus. He first announced the distinction between the two things that they were evidently confusing: ''the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" and "the Day of the Lord." For the first they are to wait, for it is to be the occasion of the gathering together of the saints to Himself. The second cannot come until certain other matters have been accomplished. He earnestly warns them against confusing the hope of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

The Second Coming in Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS You are, perhaps, aware that the Second Coming of Christ holds a very important place in both of Paul's Epistles to the church of the Thessalonians. The second Epistle majors in those particular judgments, which will be brought upon the earth prior to, or upon the coming of the Lord to the Mount of Olives. In opening our address we thought we would give you just a bird's-eye view of the two Epistles, relative to the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:15

‘So then, brothers and sisters, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you were taught whether by word or by letter from us.’ Because of this working of God in His own they are exhorted to ‘stand fast’, both against the working of the Evil One and against the fears that pervade them. And one way to stand fast against all that the future holds is by ‘holding the traditions’. The word for ‘traditions’ signifies a body of truth which stands on its own. It would include the recognised traditions... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

2 Thessalonians 2:13-Esther : . Further Thanksgiving and Prayer.— In contrast to the men mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:10-2 Kings :, Paul thanks God for the Christians whom God chose for salvation. The paragraph concludes with a brief doxology. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 . traditions: here refers to the actual teaching given by the apostle, whether oral or written. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Thessalonians 2:15

The former verses contained consolation, this is an exhortation: the apostle had assured them of their being elected and called, yet exhorts them to their duty. Assurance of salvation doth not encourage negligence; the apostle takes his argument from thence to quicken them: Therefore, & c. And that which he exhorts them to is: 1. To stand fast; a military word, speaking as a captain to his soldiers; so 1 Corinthians 16:13; Ephesians 6:14; having before foretold a great apostacy that would... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:15

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES2 Thessalonians 2:15. Stand fast.—Ready for any shock which may come unexpectedly through the insidious methods of Antichrist. Hold the traditions.—As if the apostle said, keep a strong hand on them. Tradition is that which is handed over from one to another. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:23. “I received of the Lord … I delivered unto you.… He was betrayed.” Here the words “delivered” and “betrayed” represent a doing, of which the word for “tradition” is the act... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17

Chapter 2Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, [in virtue of this, because of this] and are gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is already present ( 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 )Now there were some there who said this persecution that we are going through is the Great Tribulation; this is the day of God's vengeance. It is already here. And... read more

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