2 Thessalonians, Chapter 1, verses 1-5, 11-12
1 St. Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith, love, and patience, 11 and therewithal useth diverse reasons for the comforting of them in persecution, whereof the chiefest is taken from the righteous judgment of GodMatthew, Chapter 23, verses 13-22
13 He denounceth eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness23
23:13 Wo to you - Our Lord pronounced eight blessings upon the mount: he pronounces eight woes here; not as imprecations, but solemn, compassionate declarations of the misery, which these stubborn sinners were bringing upon themselves. Ye go not in - For ye are not poor in spirit; and ye hinder those that would be so.
23:16 Wo to you, ye blind guides - Before he had styled them hypocrites, from their personal character: now he gives them another title, respecting their influence upon others. Both these appellations are severely put together in Mat 23:23 and Mat 23:25; and this severity rises to the height in the Mat 23:33. The gold of the temple - The treasure kept there. He is bound - To keep his oath.
23:20 He that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon - Not only by the gift, but by the holy fire, and the sacrifice; and above all, by that God to whom they belong; inasmuch as every oath by a creature is an implicit appeal to God.

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1:3 It is highly observable, that the apostle wraps up his praise of men in praise to God; giving him the glory.Your faith groweth - Probably he had heard from them since his sending the former letter. Aboundeth - Like water that overflows its banks, and yet increaseth still.
1:4 Which ye endure - "That ye may be accounted worthy of the kingdom."
1:5 A manifest token - This is treated of in the sixth Th2 1:6 and following verses.