Trophies of Paul's Labors
And if this is true of the saints at Thessalonica, is it not to be true of all the saints who were saved through Paul's labors?
Why should only the saints in one locality be singled out for this place?
Surely it will be so in all of Paul's labors, and if of Paul, why not of all the saints who have labored and seen souls saved through their ministry? Is there not a similar thought in John's second epistle, where he says, "Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward"? v. 8. John is speaking of his labors, and he hoped this "elect lady" would go on in the truth as he had taught her, so that he might have a full reward.
