Octavian (Augustus)
Octavian (Augustus)
Parousia (Coming) and first letter: and the “crown of boasting,” ; description of; exhortations concerning believers who have died ; Greek word parousia and Paul’s use of; and Paul’s hope for the Thessalonians’ presence at; and Paul’s “joy,” ; prayer report and misunderstandings about the nature of; and the word “glory,”
Parousia (Coming) and second letter: and “blazing fire,” ; divine justice as/and “vengeance,” ; Jesus accompanied by the “angels of his power,” ; Jesus’ coming “from heaven,” ; Old Testament eschatological language; and perseverance in the midst of persecution /suffering; positive dimension of; reassuring the Thessalonian believers that they are among God’s holy people; as “revelation,” ; twofold effects on believers; and the way things will be when the Rebel appears before. See also Day of the Lord, the “when” of (second letter)
Patience
Paul, Silas, and Timothy during their absence from Thessalonica (first letter’s narrative part 1); and the “crown of boasting,” ; encouragement with regard to their faith/ through their faith; friendship motif; identification of Jesus as “Lord,” ; intensity of Paul’s feelings (regarding the separation) ; language of Isaiah; the metaphor of being “orphaned,” ; Paul and Silas thwarted from returning; and Paul in Corinth; and Paul’s commendation of Timothy; Paul’s concern about the Thessalonians’ persecution; Paul’s gratitude and relief; and Paul’s “joy,” ; and possibility of “repayment” of God; the reciprocal longing of Paul and the Thessalonians; the return of Timothy (with message of the Thessalonians’ faith); the rhetorical question about a thanksgiving; the sending of Timothy in Paul’s place; sending Timothy so that the Thessalonians will not be “unsettled” by their trials; sending Timothy to find out about their “faith,” ; sending Timothy to strengthen the Thessalonians’ faith ; supplying what is lacking in the Thessalonians’ faith ; and Thessalonians’ eschatological future (“hope” for their presence at the coming of Christ); the Thessalonians’ hardships and the word of Satan; Timothy’s announcement of the good news ; the vocative “brothers and sisters,” ; and the word “glory,”
Paul’s ministry and conduct in Thessalonica (first letter’s narrative part 2); “but” clauses; calling for the Thessalonians’ perseverance ; calling on the Thessalonians to recall; connection to prior passage; differentiating from that of itinerant preachers /charlatans; “family of God” metaphor; “God’s gospel,” ; image of ēpioi (“gentle”)/nēpioi (“infants”); the “not/but” contrasts ; “not” clauses (what his ministry was “not” like); nursing mother metaphor; pastoral care motif (paternal metaphor); and Paul’s apostolic authority ; and Paul’s eschatological intent ; reminders of whence and how Paul and his companions came to the city; repetitions of “God,” ; theocentric nature of the passage; and the Thessalonians’ suffering; value of the passage for the church today; vocative “brothers and sisters,” ; what Paul’s preaching/ministry WAS like; what Paul’s preaching/ ministry was NOT like
Peace: admonition to live in peace with each other; “God of peace” and first letter’s Benediction; “Lord of peace” and second letter’s Benediction; theological meaning for Paul
Persecution and suffering of Paul
Persecution and suffering of the Thessalonians: first letter ; and second letter. See also Judgment of the Thessalonians’ persecutors; Thanksgiving and the Thessalonians’ perseverance in the midst of persecution/suffering (second letter)
Philippi, city of
Pistis (“faithfulness”)
Prayer following the Thanksgiving (second letter); Paul and his companions’ constant prayer on behalf of the believers; that Christ himself will be glorified (Septuagint/Isaiah) ; that God may “bring to fruition your every deed prompted by faith,” ; that God may “make you worthy,” ; that God will accomplish these things “with power” (and the Holy Spirit); that God will bring the fulfillment of their desires
Prayer report (first letter); asking that love increase and overflow ; being “blameless in holiness,” ; contemporary appropriation of; God (theos); the “holy ones” (angels); Kyrios as Jesus; language of Septuagint (Zechariah); and misunderstandings about the nature of the Parousia; and Paul’s high Christology; praying to God and “God’s Son,” ; and the second letter on the “when” of the day of the Lord; two apparent purposes of the prayer
Prophecy: admonition “Do not despise prophetic utterances,” ; admonition “Do not quench the Spirit,” ; admonition to “test,” ; charismatic nature of earliest Christian communities; and context of city of Thessalonica; earliest mention in New Testament; and “ecstasy” by the unruly-idle; how prophecies should respond to testing; imperative/exhortation regarding; Old Testament prophetic tradition; Paul’s understanding of; reference to “Spirit” as “prophetic utterance,”