Section 56
Jewish treatment of Paul and the Thessalonians (first letter’s narrative part 3); antagonism toward the Gentiles’ receiving the gospel ; and early Christian anti-Semitism ; imitation motif ; and Jewish persecution in Judea; the [Judean] Jews and “killing” of Jesus; and Paul’s eschatological outlook; Paul’s litany against/enumeration of the Jewish community’s sins; the persecution of Paul and the Thessalonian believers by; problematic nature of this passage ; “and the prophets,” ; restrictive /nonrestrictive participial modifier ; word ekklēsia; the “wrath” of God on Jews (God’s coming judgment on)
Joy: admonition to “always rejoice,” ; the experience of joy and suffering (and the Holy Spirit); and Paul’s hope for the Thessalonians’ presence at the coming of Christ
Judgment of the Thessalonians’ persecutors: and “blazing fire,” ; divine justice and “vengeance,” ; “everlasting destruction,” ; first letter ; hell and eternal judgment ; Jesus accompanied by the “angels of his power,” ; Jesus’ coming “from heaven,” ; and Jews ; later church interpretations ; noun “evidence,” ; Paul’s description of; Paul’s reassurance about God’s justice; and the return of Christ (Parousia); second letter; twofold nature of; verb “pay back” from Isaiah ; the “wrath” that is to come