2 Tessalonicenses 1

2 Tessalonicenses 1

Wuest explains that phileo love is "an unimpassioned love, a friendly love. It is a love that is called out of one’s heart as a response to the pleasure one takes in a person or object. Agape is volitional (enabled by the Spirit). Phileo is emotional One another (240) (allelon) means each other and speaks of a mutuality or sharing of sentiments between two persons or groups of persons. See study of the many "One Anothers" in the New Testament. [Grows] Greater (NET = "is ever greater" in present tense - continually)(4121)(pleonazo from pleion = more) means to cause to increase or superabound and so to be present in abundance or to have plenty (2Pe 1:8+, Php 4:17+). To have more than is necessary or more than enough to meet one's needs (2Co 8:15). To become more and more. Pleonazo was a term taken from the money market and was used of the accumulation of interest, in this case the interest in the "spiritual account" of the Thessalonians as a result of their unconditional love for one another. THOUGHT - Earlier Paul had used pleonazo in 1 Th 3:11-12+, praying "Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; and may the Lord cause you to increase (pleonazo) and abound (perisseuo) in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you." So what do we see in 2 Th 1:3? Clearly God answered Paul's prayer for increasing love in the Thessalonian fellowship. What would happen in our fellowships if we began to pray 1 Th 3:12+ without ceasing? Do you think God would answer affirmatively? That is a rhetorical question! Clearly God would answer! Do we really believe that?