when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

 "Blessed are those," said Mark Rutherford, "who heal us of our self-despisings," and Paul did just that for the Thessalonian Church. He knew that often judicious praise can do what indiscriminate criticism cannot do and that wise praise never makes a man rest upon his laurels but fills him with the desire to do still better. 