| The “therefore” in the above verse refers to the promise of our Lord’s coming for us in the preceding verses: “Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. … Therefore … be ye steadfast, unmovable.” The present time is a time of labor and sowing; the time of reaping will be at His coming. “Behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” “Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” Let us therefore “be … steadfast [and] unmovable,” settled and not stirred away from our course, remembering to “judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God,” never forgetting “that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” |
