Section 51
Believers who have died (exhortations of first letter concerning); anarthrous nouns; “archangels,” ; and belief in Jesus’ own resurrection; contemporary use/misunderstanding of this passage ; and encouragement to Thessalonian believers; “for the meeting of the Lord in the air,” ; and God as subject of sentence ; “in the air,” ; “in the clouds,” ; Kyrios as Jesus; language of intertestamental Judaism ; the “living who are left,” ; name “Jesus” used alone ; the Parousia/Coming ; and Paul’s high Christology ; phrase “through Jesus” immediately following “those who are sleeping,” ; Septuagint language ; “the dead in Christ will rise first,” ; and the Thessalonians’ sorrow; “the trumpet call of God” and Jewish eschatological tradition ; “together with them,” ; “we shall be caught up,” ; word order
Benediction (first letter); concluding with God’s own faithfulness ; directing to the “God of peace,” ; human “body,” ; human “soul,” ; human “spirit,” ; and Paul’s concern for the individual
Benediction (second letter); christological implications; “Lord of peace,” ; “the Lord be with you” (traditional Jewish blessing)