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Forced out of Thessalonica by the Jews for his effective ministry, Paul wrote to encourage and teach new believers there. His first letter, according to John Calvin, contains a brief definition of true Christianity. It is a faith that is full of vigor, employing itself in the labors of love, intent upon the hope of the manifestation of Christ, despising everything else, and armed with an...

desired to discharge the offices of love. The church was dreadfully pressed down by a great number of afflictions. Many were stripped of their wealth, many were fugitives from their country, many were destitute of counsel, many were tender and weak. The condition of almost all was involved. So many cases of distress did not allow love to be inactive. To hope he assigns endurance, as it is always linked with it (see Romans 8:25). So the statement should be explained as meaning that Paul remembers
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