The interpretation timeline

1Thess 2:20

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1Thess 2:20 · Douay-Rheims
“For you are our glory and joy.”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1871
A.D.
1871
“Emphatical repetition with increased force. Who but ye and our other converts are our hope, &c., hereafter, at Christ's coming? For it is ye who ARE now our glory and joy. Next: 1 Thessalonians Chapter 3”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.