For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
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For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need.
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For when I was in Tessalonica ye sent once and afterwarde agayne vnto my nedes:
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For euen when I was in Thessalonica, yee sent once, and afterward againe for my necessitie,
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Passages linked to Philippians 4:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
- Acts 17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18 because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and…
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
Ver. 16. Ye sent once and again] Charity’s fountain runs fresh, More perennis aquae, and is never dried up. "The liberal man deviseth liberal things," and holdeth that only his own that he hath given to others. Hoc habeo quodcunque dedi, saith Seneca (De Ben. vi. 3).
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They, for their parts, were most commendable in this…
They, for their parts, were most commendable in this matter, that when he was in Thessalonica, the mother city, (not above twenty-five miles distant), their care for his comfortable livelihood was more than once manifested, he passing again and again through Macedonia, 1Co 16:5; 2Co 1:16; which argues his thankful resentment of the constant purpose of their mind to succour him upon all occasions.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For even in Thessalonica,.... When the apostle was there;…
For even in Thessalonica,.... When the apostle was there; for from Philippi he went to Thessalonica; see Act 17:1,
ye sent once and again unto my necessity; for his use and service, to support him while he was at that place, and relieve and assist him in his necessities; for the people at Thessalonica were either not able to communicate, or were not of a beneficent disposition, or the apostle did not care to be chargeable to them; and they seem many of them to have been idle and lazy, and therefore he wrought among them with his own hands to set them an example; and the Philippians hearing and knowing that this was the case, sent frequently, while he was here, some of the brethren with gifts unto him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. For even in Thessalonica] While labouring to…
Verse 16. For even in Thessalonica] While labouring to plant the Church there, he was supported partly by working with his hands, 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:7-9; and partly by the contributions sent him from Philippi. Even the Thessalonians had contributed little to his maintenance: this is not spoken to their credit.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For even in Thessalonica; - see the notes, Act…
For even in Thessalonica; - see the notes, Act 17:1. Paul remained there long enough to establish a flourishing church. He met, indeed, with much opposition and persecution there; and, hence, it was necessary that his wants should be supplied by others.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain even in Thessalonica--"even" as early as when I had…
even in Thessalonica--"even" as early as when I had got no further than Thessalonica, ye sent me supplies for my necessities more than once.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Once and again—This was at an earlier date,…
16. Once and again—This was at an earlier date, while he was still in the province, and so at home with them. They, perhaps, learn now, for the first time, in this free outpouring of precious memories, of the absolute need which their love had relieved.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. even in Thessalonica] “Even when I was there.”—Thessalonica…
16. even in Thessalonica] “Even when I was there.”—Thessalonica was just 100 Roman miles (about 92 English) from Philippi, on the Via Egnatia. Amphipolis and Apollonia were the two intermediate road-stations, about 30 miles from each other, and apparently Paul and Silas passed only a night at each, hastening to Thessalonica, where probably they spent some weeks, or even months (Act_17:1-9; and cp. Conybeare and Howson, Life and Epistles &c., ch. 9; Lewin, L. and E. &c., vol. 1. chap. 11). Thus Thessalonica was practically the Apostle’s first pause after leaving Philippi; and it was in Macedonia.
once and again] Within a short stay at the longest. In Acts 17 only “three sabbaths” are mentioned; but the Epistles to Thessalonica seem to imply that he stayed somewhat longer, by their allusions to the impression made at Thessalonica by his and his companions’ life and example. See 1Th_2:1-12; 2Th_3:7-8.
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my necessity] The profits of his hard manual labour at Thessalonica (see 1 and 2 Thess. just quoted) evidently left him still very poor. He would take nothing of the Thessalonians, while still actually introducing the Gospel to them.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Even in Thessalonica.—Not only after he left Macedonia,…
(16) Even in Thessalonica.—Not only after he left Macedonia, but even before that time, when he had just passed from Philippi to Thessalonica. At Thessalonica, as at Corinth—both very rich and luxurious communities—he refused maintenance, and lived mainly by the labour of his own hands (1Th_2:9; 2Th_3:8). But it appears from this passage that even then he received “once and again” (that is, occasionally, “once or twice”) some aid from Philippi “to supply his need”—that is (as in all right exercise of liberality), to supplement, and not to supersede, his own resources.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again…
For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. This shows the promptness of their generosity; they not only helped him when he departed from Macedonia; but, before that time, while he was still at Thessalonica, the city which he visited next after leaving Philippi, they sent more than once to supply his needs; Comp. 1Th_2:9 and 2Th_2:8, where St. Paul says that he avoided being chargeable to the Thessalonians; for which purpose he labored with his own hands; but, it seems, he needed additional help, and this was supplied from Philippi.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 16. Even in Thessalonica. After leaving Philippi Paul next…
16. Even in Thessalonica. After leaving Philippi Paul next labored at Thessalonica. See @Acts, chapter 17. While here the newly-founded church of the Philippians sent to him contributions at least twice. They also aided him later while he was in Corinth (2 Cor. 11:9).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:16 After leaving Philippi (4:15) Paul had gone to…
4:16 After leaving Philippi (4:15) Paul had gone to Thessalonica (see Acts 17:1-8; cp. 1 Thes 2:1-14).
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