The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians
Gordon D. Fee
Bible Study
Chapters 63
- Table of Contents ≈ 1 min
- PREFACE ≈ 6 min
- I. COMMENTARIES ≈ 4 min
- II. OTHER WORKS ≈ 33 min
- Introduction to 1 Thessalonians ≈ 2 min
- I. AUTHORSHIP AND DATE ≈ 5 min
- II. THE CITY AND ITS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY ≈ 8 min
- III. THE OCCASION AND PLACE OF WRITING ≈ 6 min
- I. THANKSGIVING, NARRATIVE, AND PRAYER (1:1-3:13) ≈ 7 min
- A. SALUTATION (1:1) ≈ 15 min
- B. THANKSGIVING (1:2-3) ≈ 25 min
- Section 13 ≈ 63 min
- D. NARRATIVE PART 2: PAUL’S CONDUCT IN THESSALONICA (2:1-12) ≈ 90 min
- E. THE THANKSGIVING RENEWED (2:13) ≈ 14 min
- Section 16 ≈ 35 min
- G. NARRATIVE PART 4: IN THE MEANTIME (2:17-3:10) ≈ 55 min
- Section 18 ≈ 18 min
- H. THE PRAYER REPORT (3:11-13) ≈ 24 min
- II. SUPPLYING WHAT IS LACKING (4:1-5:11) ≈ 5 min
- A. INTRODUCTION (4:1-2) ≈ 11 min
- B. AVOIDING SEXUAL IMMORALITY (4:3-8) ≈ 38 min
- C. LOVING OTHERS BY WORKING WITH ONE’S OWN HANDS (4:9-12) ≈ 22 min
- D. ABOUT BELIEVERS WHO HAVE DIED (4:13-18) ≈ 52 min
- E. ABOUT THE DAY OF THE LORD (5:1-11) ≈ 52 min
- III. CONCLUDING MATTERS (5:12-28) ≈ 2 min
- A. SUMMARY EXHORTATIONS (5:12-22) ≈ 72 min
- B. BENEDICTION (5:23-24) ≈ 14 min
- C. CLOSING GREETINGS AND FINAL GRACE (5:25-28) ≈ 1 min
- Section 30 ≈ 7 min
- The Second Letter to the THESSALONIANS - Introduction to 2 Thessalonians ≈ 1 min
- I. AUTHORSHIP AND DATE ≈ 13 min
- II. OCCASION FOR WRITING ≈ 4 min
- I. THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER (1:1-12) ≈ 2 min
- A. SALUTATION (1:1-2) ≈ 4 min
- B. THANKSGIVING, INCLUDING THE FIRST ISSUE (1:3-10) ≈ 46 min
- C. PRAYER (1:11-12) ≈ 17 min
- II. THE SECOND ISSUE: THE “WHEN” OF THE DAY OF THE LORD (2:1-17) ≈ 9 min
- A. THE ISSUE PRESENTED (2:1-2) ≈ 16 min
- B. PAUL’S RESPONSE (2:3-12) 835 ≈ 58 min
- C. CONCLUSION (2:13-17) ≈ 38 min
- III. THE THIRD ISSUE: ABOUT THE DISRUPTIVE-IDLE (3:1-15) ≈ 2 min
- A. A CAPTATIO BENEVOLENTIAE (3:1-5) ≈ 35 min
- B. EXHORTATION REGARDING THE DISRUPTIVE-IDLE (3:6-12) ≈ 37 min
- C. EXHORTATION TO THE REST (3:13-15) ≈ 12 min
- IV. CONCLUDING MATTERS (3:16-18) ≈ 1 min
- A. BENEDICTION (3:16) ≈ 5 min
- B. PAUL’S PERSONAL GREETING (3:17) ≈ 3 min
- C. THE GRACE (3:18) ≈ 5 min
- Alexander the Great ≈ 1 min
- Section 51 ≈ 1 min
- Caligula ≈ 8 min
- Egnatian Way ≈ 1 min
- Falsehood, signs and wonders of ≈ 1 min
- Honor/shame-driven cultures and “shunning,” ≈ 1 min
- Section 56 ≈ 1 min
- Octavian (Augustus) ≈ 6 min
- Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4 ≈ 7 min
- OLD TESTAMENT ≈ 2 min
- NEW TESTAMENT ≈ 11 min
- 7 Noticeably absent in Galatians, 1 Timothy, and Titus. ≈ 115 min
- 269 On this matter see my Pauline Christology, 249-51. ≈ 122 min
- 581 . See, e.g., Findlay (166-67), Milligan (63). ≈ 118 min
- 791 Gk. ὅταν = “at that time, whenever” (BDAG). ≈ 102 min
| Author | Gordon D. Fee |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Contemporary |
| Categories | Bible Study |
| Length | 63 chapters · ≈ 24 h 52 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · EPUB |







