Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4
Salutation (first letter); and Christ as “Lord,” ; the church as ekklēsia; the church as “in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” ; the church as “of the Thessalonians,” ; comparing to other letters in the corpus; differences from second letter’s salutation ; and God as “Father,” ; the greeting (grace and peace); and Paul’s high Christology; the recipients/audience; the writer(s)
Salutation (second letter); addition of the “our” with “Father,” ; differences from first letter’s salutation ; and Paul’s apostolic authority; the source of grace as from “God the Father and the Lord, Jesus Christ,” ; the three writers and use of first person plural
Salvation: and concluding Thanksgiving of second letter; and day of the Lord (eschatological message) of first letter; “for obtaining salvation,” ; “hope of,” ; the word “salvation” in the Pauline corpus 2 Thessalonians (overview): concluding matters; dating; and the first letter ; introduction; issue of the disruptive-idle ; issue of perseverance in the midst of persecution/suffering; issue of the “when” of the day of the Lord ; occasion for writing ; and Paul’s apostolic authority ; and Paul’s eschatological outlook ; Paul’s high Christology ; teaching the Thessalonians things they already know ; the thanksgivings in both letters; use of kyrios to refer to Christ; use of pistis to refer to someone’s “faithfulness,” ; use of theos for God ; vocative adelphoi (“brothers and sisters”)
Septuagint and first letter: and evil; and exhortations concerning believers who have died; and Gentile converts to Christianity; Kyrios as Yahweh/Jesus; prayer report and use of Zechariah
Septuagint and second letter: the Benediction and traditional Jewish blessing ; “blazing fire” (Jewish apocalyptic) ; blessing of Benjamin in Deuteronomy; the captatio benevolentiae and issue of disruptive-idle ; Isaiah ; prayer that Christ himself will be glorified; Psalms; the return of Christ (Parousia/Coming) ; verb “pay back,” ; and the “when” of the day of the Lord ; Yahweh’s self-revelation to Israel
Sexual immorality (exhortations of first letter concerning); disobedience and “wronging,” ; and “God’s will” defined as “holiness/ sanctification,” ; and the Holy Spirit; and “knowledge of God,” ; the Lord as Jesus; reminder to the Thessalonians that they were to “live in holiness,” ; reminder to the Thessalonians that to reject the teaching is to reject God ; the sexual immorality of the pagans ; use of this passage by historic “holiness” groups (and meaning for the present day); and “vessel,”
Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4
“Shunning” the disruptive-idle
Signs and wonders of “falsehood” (miracles)
Silas: issue of role/non-role in writing the letters; Latin name Silvanus (Silas); thwarted from returning to Thessalonica; and writing of first letter. See also Paul, Silas, and Timothy during their absence from Thessalonica (first letter’s narrative part 1)
Skeuos (“vessel”)
Strabo
Thanksgiving and the Thessalonians’ perseverance in the midst of persecution /suffering (second letter): emphasis on the obligatory nature of thanksgiving; judgment of the persecutors and salvation for God’s people; Kyrios as Jesus Christ; Old Testament eschatological language ; Paul’s boasts about the Thessalonians to other churches; Paul’s expression of gratitude to God; the present “kingdom of God” and present suffering for the sake of; reassuring the Thessalonians about God’s justice ; reassuring the Thessalonians that they are among God’s holy people ; and return of Christ (Parousia/ Coming); the Thanksgiving for perseverance in suffering ; the Thessalonians’ “faith,” ; the Thessalonians’ “love” for one another; twofold nature of judgment; unique features of the Thanksgiving; verb “pay back,” ; vocative “brothers and sisters,” . See also Judgment of the Thessalonians’ persecutors
Thanksgiving (first) (first letter); adverb “continually,” ; “all for you” (the ekklēsia/community of believers); Christ as “Lord,” ; “endurance inspired by hope,” ; and evidential aspects of the Thessalonians’ election/conversion ; first clause; God as “Father,” ; “labor of love,” ; and Paul’s gratitude to God; phrases making up divine triad of faith, hope, and love; second participial clause; sentence structure; turning into narrative with prayer report at end; “work of faith,”
Thanksgiving (renewed) (first letter); emphasizing the believers’ original reception of the gospel; and eschatological outlook; the final “who” (the Word of God); “for this reason,” ; theme of “telling them the gospel,”
Theos (God) and first letter Theos (God) and second letter
Thessalonica (Saloniki), city of; ethnicities; founding of the church in the Jewish synagogue; Gentile converts; geography and strategic location; Greco-Roman history; length of the missionaries’ stay in
Timothy: announcement of the good news; Paul’s commendation of; relationship with Paul and Silas on missionary tour; return to Corinth; return to Thessalonica (with message of Thessalonians’ faith); sending to Thessalonica in Paul’s place; and writing of first letter. See also Paul, Silas, and Timothy during their absence from Thessalonica (first letter’s narrative part 1) “Vessel,” ; as euphemism for male sexual organ; Greek skeuos; as metaphor for body ; as metaphor for wife
Vocative “brothers and sisters” and first letter: closing greetings and final grace; exhortation for working with one’s hands; how the missionaries have handled their absence from the city; and Paul’s preaching/ministry; reminding the Thessalonians of their experience of conversion; and summary exhortations
Vocative “brothers and sisters” and second letter: issue of the disruptive-idle ; refuting arguments of forgery ; and the thanksgiving for perseverance in the midst of suffering ; the “when” of the day of the Lord
Working with one’s hands (exhortations of first letter); admonition to lead a quiet life and work with one’s hands; determining who is addressed; and exhortation to the disruptive-idle in second letter; how the idle “walk,” ; the imposition of the idle on their neighbors; the opening captatio benevolentiae; understanding this passage today; vocative “brothers and sisters,” ; the word philadelphia. See also Disruptive-idle (first letter)
Zechariah