KJV: Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
YLT: ye are witnesses -- God also -- how kindly and righteously, and blamelessly to you who believe we became,
Darby: Ye are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:
ASV: Ye are witnesses, and God also , how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:
| ὑμεῖς | You [are] |
|
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Nominative 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
|
| μάρτυρες | witnesses |
|
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: μάρτυς Sense: a witness. |
|
| ὁ | - |
|
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
|
| Θεός | God |
|
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: θεός Sense: a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities. |
|
| ὡς | how |
|
Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc. |
|
| ὁσίως | holily |
|
Parse: Adverb Root: ὁσίως Sense: piously, holily. |
|
| δικαίως | righteously |
|
Parse: Adverb Root: δικαίως Sense: just, agreeably to right. |
|
| ἀμέμπτως | blamelessly |
|
Parse: Adverb Root: ἀμέμπτως Sense: blameless, so that there is no cause for censure. |
|
| ὑμῖν | toward you |
|
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Dative 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
|
| τοῖς | those |
|
Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
|
| πιστεύουσιν | believing |
|
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Dative Masculine Plural Root: πιστεύω Sense: to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in. |
|
| ἐγενήθημεν | we were |
|
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Passive, 1st Person Plural Root: γίνομαι Sense: to become, i. |
|
Greek Commentary for 1 Thessalonians 2:10
Paul calls the Thessalonians and God as witnesses (μαρτυρες martures) to his life toward you the believers (υμιν τοις πιστευουσιν humin tois pisteuousin) dative of personal interest. He employs three common adverbs that show how holily toward God and how righteously toward men so that they did not blame him and his associates in either respect. So there is a reason for each adverb. All this argues that Paul spent a considerable time in Thessalonica, more than the three sabbaths mentioned by Luke. The pastor ought to live so that his life will bear close inspection. [source]
For δικαίως holilysee on Luke 1:75; for δικαίως justlyor righteously, see on Romans 1:17; see on Romans 5:7. Ἁμέμπτως unblameablyonly in these Epistles. See 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. For the distinction between ὅσιος and δίκαιος see Plato, Gorg. 507. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Thessalonians 2:10
Not a usual combination (Ephesians 4:24; Titus 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:10). The Godward and the manward aspects of conduct (Bruce). οσιος Hosios the eternal principles of right, δικαιος dikaios the rule of conduct before men. [source]
Rev., better, witness. A common classical idiom. Compare Plato: “Next will follow the choir of young men under the age of thirty, who will call upon the god Paean to testify to the truth of these words” (“Laws,” 664). Homer: “For the gods will be the best witnesses” (“Iliad,” xxii., 254). Compare Romans 1:9; Galatians 1:20; Philemon 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Genesis 31:50, Sept. This particular form of expression occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. The verb is often translated appeal, as Acts 25:11, Acts 25:12. Also to call upon, in the sense of supplication, Romans 10:12, Romans 10:13, Romans 10:14; 1 Corinthians 1:2. [source]
Solemn attestation, “calling heaven to witness is frequent in literature from Homer onwards” (Plummer). Thus God is described above (cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Romans 1:9; Galatians 1:20; Philemon 1:8). [source]
Comp. Romans 1:9; 2 Corinthians 1:23; Philemon 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:10. God or the Lord is witness is a common O.T. formula: see Genesis 31:44, Genesis 31:50; 1 Samuel 12:5, 1 Samuel 12:6; 1 Samuel 20:23, 1 Samuel 20:42; Wisd. 1:6. For testimony to his conduct, he appeals to the Thessalonians (as ye know )testimony to his motives, he appeals to God. Comp. 1 Thessalonians 2:10, where there is the double appeal. [source]
Comp. Luke href="/desk/?q=lu+18:32&sr=1">Luke 18:32; Acts 14:5. This may have been added because προπαθόντες alone might denote the experience of something good; but it is more probably intended as an expansion and illustration of that word. Paul's sensitiveness to personal indignity appears in the narrative in 1Thessalonians href="/desk/?q=1th+1:5&sr=1">1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, 1 Thessalonians 2:10, 1 Thessalonians 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:4, 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:1, 2 Thessalonians 3:2. [source]
Accusative of general reference with the infinitive προσευχεσται proseuchesthai The men in contrast to “women” Standing to pray. Note also οσιους hosious used as feminine (so in Plato) with χειρας cheiras instead of οσιας hosias The point here is that only men should lead in public prayer who can lift up “clean hands” (morally and spiritually clean). See Luke 24:50. Adverb οσιως hosiōs in 1 Thessalonians 2:10 and οσιοτης hosiotēs in Ephesians 4:24. Without wrath and disputing See note on Philemon 2:14. [source]
Standing to pray. Note also οσιους hosious used as feminine (so in Plato) with χειρας cheiras instead of οσιας hosias The point here is that only men should lead in public prayer who can lift up “clean hands” (morally and spiritually clean). See Luke 24:50. Adverb οσιως hosiōs in 1 Thessalonians 2:10 and οσιοτης hosiotēs in Ephesians 4:24. [source]