Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

Author's Preface to the First Edition

Author's Preface to the Revised Edition

Chief Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

II. OCCASION AND PURPOSE OF 1 THESSALONIANS 6

III. OCCASION AND PURPOSE OF 2 THESSALONIANS 11

IV. THE DATE OF THE EPISTLES 12

V. THE AUTHENTICITY OF 1 THESSALONIANS 15

VI. THE AUTHENTICITY OF 2 THESSALONIANS 17

VII. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO EPISTLES

B. Coauthorship 25

C. Reversal of Order 26

COMMENTARY ON 1 THESSALONIANS

1. GREETING (1:1) 33

II. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (1:2-4) 39

III. REMINISCENCES (1:5-2:16) 44

B. The Preaching of the Gospel at Thessalonica (2:1-16)

2. The Preachers' Maintenance (2:7-9)

3. The Preachers' Behavior (2:10-12) 74

4. The Preachers' Message (2:13-16) 78

IV. THE RELATIONSHIP OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS (2:17-3:13)

B. Paul's Joy in the Thessalonians (2:19-20) 89

C. Timothy's Mission (3:1-5) 92

D. Timothy's Report (3:6-8)

E. Paul's Satisfaction (3:9-10) 103

F. Paul's Prayer (3:11-13)

V. EXHORTATION TO CHRISTIAN LIVING (4:1-12)

B. Sexual Purity (4:3-8) 117

C. Brotherly Love (4:9-10)

D. Earning One's Living (4:11-12)

VI. PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAROUSIA (4:13-5:11) 134

B. The Time of the Parousia (5:1-3) 148

C. Children of the Day (5:4-11) 153

VII. LIFE IN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY (5:12-22) 163

VIII. CONCLUSION (5:23-28)

COMMENTARY ON 2 THESSALONIANS

1. GREETING (1:1-2) 191

II. PRAYER (1:3-12)

B. Divine Judgment (1:6-10)

C. The Content of Paul's Prayer (1:11-12)

III. THE PAROUSIA (2:1-12) 212

B. The Great Rebellion (2:3-12)

2. The Man of Lawlessness 'c Followers (2:10b-12) 233

IV. THANKSGIVING AND ENCOURAGEMENT (2:13-17)

B. Prayer for the Converts (2:16-17)

V. THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD (3:1-5) 245

B. God's Faithfulness (3:3-5)

VI. GODLY DISCIPLINE (3:6-15)

B. The Disobedient (3:14-15)

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