2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
研读注释
Study Note
Paul's thanksgiving for the Thessalonians' growing faith and abounding love uses the language of organic growth ('hyperauxanei,' increasing greatly and 'pleonazei,' multiplying) to describe their spiritual development. The unusual compound 'hyperauxanei' (literally 'growing greatly beyond') conveys superabundance rather than mere adequate progress — Paul is describing faith that exceeds the norm, not merely meets it. The connection between faith-growth and persecution (verse 4: 'your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure') provides context: their remarkable development has occurred within, not despite, tribulation. Romans 5:3-4's 'tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope' and James 1:3-4's testing producing patience and perfect work develop the same theology of adversity as the accelerator of genuine spiritual formation.
其他译本
We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;
It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;
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