1st Thessalonians Chapter 3 verse 3 Holy Bible
that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.
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So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
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that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;
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That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
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that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
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that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - This verse contains the object of the exhortation; the clause is an accusative to the verb. That no man should be moved (or, shaken) by; or rather in; expressing the position in which they were placed. These afflictions. The same word as "tribulation" in the next verse. For yourselves know. How they knew is explained, partly from the forewarnings of the apostle, and partly from their own experience. That we; not to be referred to Paul only, nor to Paul and his companions, Silas and Timothy, nor to Paul and the Thessalonians, but to all Christians in general; that we Christians. Are appointed thereunto; namely, by God. Our afflictions do not result from chance, but are the necessary consequence of our Christianity; they arise from the appointment and ordinance of God. Tribulation is the Christian's portion. Whatever truth there may be in the saying that prosperity is the promise of the Old Testament, affliction is certainly the promise of the New. We must be conformed to Christ in his sufferings. "In the world," says our Lord, "ye shall have tribulation" (John 16:33). When our Lord called Paul to his apostleship, he showed him how great things he must suffer for his Name's sake (Acts 9:16). All the apostles suffered from persecution, and concerning Christians in general Paul asserts that it is only through tribulation that they can enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22; see Revelation 7:14).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Moved, or more literally, seduced. The very peculiar word in the original means, in the first instance, the fawning of an animal upon its master: then, through the intermediate sense of "wheedling," it comes to mean the gradual detachment of a person from his resolution by any insinuating representations, whether of flattery or (as here) of fear. The next word should be in or in the midst of, rather than "by", therefore (though both may be included) their own "afflictions" are chiefly meant, not St. Paul's.For yourselves.--"Your previous expectation that Christianity involved the suffering of persecution ought to be enough to prevent you now from losing your faith."We are appointed thereunto.--The "we" means all Christian people: their election into the Church must needs be an election to suffering (see marg. refs.). "No cross, no crown."
