1 Thessalonians 2:8
New Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."
Word-by-Word Analysis
ἱμείρομαι
himeíromai
of uncertain affinity); to long for
אָבָה
ʼâbâh
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
εὐαγγέλιον
euangélion
a good message, i.e. the gospel
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable ...
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
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