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  1   REPre                     |        forward and be glorified" (2 Thes 3:1). - The Feast of St.
  2    Gosp                     |             1; 15:16; 2 Cor 11:7; 1 Thes 2:2, 8, 9). He often referred
  3    Gosp                     |         Romans 15:19; 1 Cor 9:12; 1 Thes 3:2; etc). Because of its
  4    Gosp                     |           our gospel" (2 Cor 4:3; 1 Thes 1:5; 2 Thes 2:14).~It was
  5    Gosp                     |            2 Cor 4:3; 1 Thes 1:5; 2 Thes 2:14).~It was Mark, as far
  6    Gosp,  Mat    9:   24(16)|            87:6 LXX; Daniel 12:2; 1 Thes 5:10). Jesus' statement
  7    Gosp,  Mat   24:    3(3) |    Testament with that meaning in 1 Thes 2:19. The end of the age:
  8    Gosp,  Mat   24:   31(18)|           blast: cf Isaiah 27:13; 1 Thes 4:16.~
  9    Gosp,  Mar    5:   39(11)|           John 11:11; 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thes 4:13-15); see the note on
 10    Gosp,  Act    1:    7(5) |            beings; cf Mark 13:32; 1 Thes 5:1-3.~
 11    Gosp,  Act   10:   42(18)|        coming divine judgment; cf 1 Thes 1:10.~
 12   NTLet,  Rom    1:    1(1) |              Phil; Phl) Silvanus (1 Thes - 2 Thes). The standard
 13   NTLet,  Rom    1:    1(1) |           Phl) Silvanus (1 Thes - 2 Thes). The standard secular greeting
 14   NTLet,  Rom    1:    7(5) |           to holiness (1 Cor 1:2; 1 Thes 4:7), that is, they are
 15   NTLet,  Rom    1:    8(6) |             letter, especially in 1 Thes. In Romans it is stated
 16   NTLet,  Rom   10:    9(5) |        century (cf Matthew 10:18; 1 Thes 2:2; 1 Peter 2:18-21; 3:
 17   NTLet, 1Cor   13:   13(5) |            a well-known triad (cf 1 Thes 1:3), three interrelated (
 18   NTLet,  Gal  Int          |         wrote in his own hand (cf 2 Thes 3:17-18) a vivid summary
 19   NTLet,  Gal    6:   11(6) |        practice (see 1 Cor 16:21; 2 Thes 3:17). Paul summarizes his
 20   NTLet,  Phi    1:    6(5) |  Philippians 1:10; 2:16; 3:20-21; 1 Thes 4:17; 5:10; 2 Thes 1:10;
 21   NTLet,  Phi    1:    6(5) |            21; 1 Thes 4:17; 5:10; 2 Thes 1:10; 1 Cor 1:8.~
 22   NTLet,  Phi    1:   30(13)|          Philippi (Acts 16:19-24; 1 Thes 2:2) and to his present
 23   NTLet,  Phi    3:   17(12)|             also Philippians 4:9; 1 Thes 1:6; 2 Thes 3:7, 9; 1 Cor
 24   NTLet,  Phi    3:   17(12)|      Philippians 4:9; 1 Thes 1:6; 2 Thes 3:7, 9; 1 Cor 4:6).~
 25   NTLet,  Phi    4:   10(8) |         himself by his own labor (1 Thes 2:5-9; 1 Cor 9:15-18; cf
 26   NTLet,  Col    1:    3(2) |           note on 1 Cor 13:13; cf 1 Thes 1:3; 5:8.~
 27   NTLet,  Col    4:   18(11)|        custom; cf Gal 6:11-18 and 2 Thes 3:17-18.~
 28   NTLet, 1The  Int          |          community in its trials (1 Thes 3:1-5). Timothy and Silvanus
 29   NTLet, 1The  Int          |          for Paul's first letter (1 Thes 3:6-8).~The letter begins
 30   NTLet, 1The  Int          |             with a brief address (1 Thes 1:1) and concludes with
 31   NTLet, 1The  Int          |        concludes with a greeting (1 Thes 5:26-28). The body of the
 32   NTLet, 1The  Int          |           major parts. The first (1 Thes 1:2-3:13) is a set of three
 33   NTLet, 1The  Int          |        second part of the letter (1 Thes 4:1-5:25) is specifically
 34   NTLet, 1The  Int          |             Paul has just prayed (1 Thes 3:12-13) is to be shown
 35   NTLet, 1The  Int          |             I.           Address (1 Thes 1:1-10) ~                            
 36   NTLet, 1The  Int          |           with the Thessalonians (1 Thes 2:1-3:13) ~                          
 37   NTLet, 1The  Int          |            Specific Exhortations (1 Thes 4:1-5:25) ~                         
 38   NTLet, 1The  Int          |                   Final Greeting (1 Thes 5:26-28)~ ~ ~ ~
 39   NTLet, 1The    1:    3(2) |            hope: this, along with 1 Thes 5:8, is the earliest mention
 40   NTLet, 1The    1:    3(2) |    triumphal coming, or parousia (1 Thes 1:10; 2:12, 19; 3:13; 4:
 41   NTLet, 1The    1:    6(3) |         theme of "imitation" (see 1 Thes 2:14; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1;
 42   NTLet, 1The    1:    6(3) |             14; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1; 2 Thes 3:9) is rooted in Paul's
 43   NTLet, 1The    2:   14(3) |           converts from paganism (1 Thes 1:9) and speaks here of
 44   NTLet, 1The    2:   15(4) |             4-6). Sinful conduct (1 Thes 2:16) is itself an anticipation
 45   NTLet, 1The    3:    3(1) |            thought is followed in 2 Thes 2:1-15. ~
 46   NTLet, 1The    4:    2(1) |      uttered. More profoundly, as 1 Thes 4:8 implies, the instructions
 47   NTLet, 1The    4:    3(2) |          that case, "immorality" (1 Thes 4:3) should be rendered
 48   NTLet, 1The    4:    3(2) |      marriage" and "this matter" (1 Thes 4:6) as "a lawsuit." The
 49   NTLet, 1The    4:    3(2) |           lawsuit." The phrase in 1 Thes 4:4, "acquire a wife for
 50   NTLet, 1The    4:   15(3) |             or season is unknown (1 Thes 5:1-2). Nevertheless, the
 51   NTLet, 1The    4:   15(3) |          departed faithful, then (1 Thes 5:1-3) on the need of preparedness
 52   NTLet, 1The    5:   19(3) |             remedy (see 1 Cor 14; 2 Thes 2:1-15; 2 Peter 3:1-16).~
 53   NTLet, 2The  Int          |           begins with an address (2 Thes 1:1-2) that expands only
 54   NTLet, 2The  Int          |          only slightly on that of 1 Thes 1:1. It ends with a greeting
 55   NTLet, 2The  Int          |             name (see the note on 2 Thes 2:2). The body of the letter
 56   NTLet, 2The  Int          |            notoriously difficult (2 Thes 2).~The opening thanksgiving
 57   NTLet, 2The  Int          |          thanksgiving and prayer (2 Thes 1:3-12) speak of the Thessalonians'
 58   NTLet, 2The  Int          |     persecution. The second part (2 Thes 2:1-17), the heart of the
 59   NTLet, 2The  Int          |          liturgical gathering (cf 2 Thes 2:2 and 1 Cor 14:26-33),
 60   NTLet, 2The  Int          |           Lord Jesus from heaven, 2 Thes 2:1) by recalling Paul's
 61   NTLet, 2The  Int          |             at the Lord's coming (2 Thes 2:8); he indicates the twofold
 62   NTLet, 2The  Int          |         Satan" and God's actions (2 Thes 2:9-11) are working out,
 63   NTLet, 2The  Int          |      praying for divine strength (2 Thes 2:13-17). The closing part
 64   NTLet, 2The  Int          |       closing part of the letter (2 Thes 3:1-16) deals in particular
 65   NTLet, 2The  Int          |   preconditions for the parousia (2 Thes 2:1-12) may profit from
 66   NTLet, 2The  Int          |             I.           Address (2 Thes 1:1-12) ~                            
 67   NTLet, 2The  Int          |          Concerning the Parousia (2 Thes 2:1-17) ~                          
 68   NTLet, 2The  Int          |          Concluding Exhortations (2 Thes 3:1-16) ~                         
 69   NTLet, 2The  Int          |                  Final Greetings (2 Thes 3:17-18) ~ ~
 70   NTLet, 2The    1:    1(1) |            on Romans 1:1-7 and cf 1 Thes 1:1. ~
 71   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |         note on Romans 1:8 and cf 1 Thes 1:2-10. Paul's gratitude
 72   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |             of the Thessalonians (2 Thes 1:3) and his Christian pride
 73   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |         their faithful endurance (2 Thes 1:4-5) contrast with the
 74   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |      carried out at the parousia (2 Thes 1:6-10), which is described
 75   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |             in the Thessalonians (2 Thes 1:11-12) completes the section,
 76   NTLet, 2The    1:    3(2) |           in a Pauline letter (cf 1 Thes 1:2-3).~
 77   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |            that must first occur (2 Thes 2:3-12) before the end will
 78   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |   Thessalonians in their calling (2 Thes 2:13-14). They are to uphold
 79   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |          Paul himself has taught (2 Thes 2:15). There is a concluding
 80   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |          for their strengthening (2 Thes 2:16-17). As in 2 Thes 1:
 81   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |            2 Thes 2:16-17). As in 2 Thes 1:8-10, the Old Testament
 82   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |            36-37. The contents of 2 Thes 2:3b-8 may come from a previously
 83   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |          from a prophetic spirit (2 Thes 2:2-3a), has so disrupted
 84   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |         writer seems to allude in 2 Thes 2:6-8 to Dionysiac "seizure,"
 85   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |             10b). On this view of 2 Thes 2:2, the Greek participles
 86   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |             the seizing power" in 2 Thes 2:6 and "the seizer" in
 87   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |             6 and "the seizer" in 2 Thes 2:7. They then allude to
 88   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |       Thessalonian community (see 2 Thes 2:2). The addressees know (
 89   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |              The addressees know (2 Thes 2:6) this force or spirit
 90   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |         lawless one or the rebel, 2 Thes 2:3), of which the community
 91   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |           warned (see the note on 1 Thes 3:3). It is, however, only
 92   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |           mystery of lawlessness (2 Thes 2:7), false prophetism,
 93   NTLet, 2The    2:    1(1) |            in the world at large (2 Thes 2:8-12), where it will also
 94   NTLet, 2The    2:    2(2) |           Paul calls attention in 2 Thes 3:17 to his practice of
 95   NTLet, 2The    2:    3(3) |            sentence (anacoluthon, 2 Thes 2:4) recalls what the Thessalonians
 96   NTLet, 2The    2:    4(4) |            above (see the note on 2 Thes 2:1-17), the temple refers
 97   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) | Thessalonians know what is meant (2 Thes 2:6), but the terms, seemingly
 98   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) |       interpreted. Traditionally, 2 Thes 2:6 has been applied to
 99   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) |           to the Roman empire and 2 Thes 2:7 to the Roman emperor (
100   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) |         powers are binding Satan (2 Thes 2:9) and so restraining
101   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) |        death) will bring the end (2 Thes 2:7). On the alternative
102   NTLet, 2The    2:    6(5) |             view (see the note on 2 Thes 2:1-17), the phrases should
103   NTLet, 2The    2:    7(6) |        behind which Satan stands (2 Thes 2:9). The action of the
104   NTLet, 2The    2:   15(8) |           statement and a letter (2 Thes 2:2) and the content here,
105   NTLet, 2The    2:   15(8) |            Gal 5:1), suggest that 2 Thes 2:1-15 or even 2 Thes 2:
106   NTLet, 2The    2:   15(8) |             2 Thes 2:1-15 or even 2 Thes 2:1-17 are to be taken as
107   NTLet, 2The    2:   15(8) |           thanksgiving formula in 2 Thes 2:13.~
108   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |          Paul and his colleagues (2 Thes 3:1-2) and reiterates confidence
109   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |             in the Thessalonians (2 Thes 3:3-5), while admonishing
110   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |            disorderly busybodies (2 Thes 3:6-15). A benediction (
111   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |             6-15). A benediction (2 Thes 3:16) and postscript in
112   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |          round out the letter. On 2 Thes 3:17-18, cf the note on
113   NTLet, 2The    3:    1(1) |             17-18, cf the note on 2 Thes 2:2. ~
114   NTLet, 2The    3:    6(2) |          Lord to be already here (2 Thes 2:2), had apparently ceased
115   NTLet, 2The    3:    6(2) |           Paul's own teaching (cf 1 Thes 2:16; 3:3-4; 5:4-5) or,
116   NTLet, 2The    3:    6(2) |       likely, in a forged letter (2 Thes 2:2) and the type of teaching
117   NTLet, 2The    3:    6(2) |            teaching dealt with in 2 Thes 2:1-15. The apostle's own
118   NTLet, 2The    3:    6(2) |            the gospel message (cf 1 Thes 2:3-10).~
119   NTLet, 1Tim  Int          |           Acts 19:22; 1 Cor 4:17; 1 Thes 3:2). In 1 Timothy (1 Tim
120   NTLet,  Heb    6:    5(3) |            of the Spirit's power (1 Thes 1:5; 1 Cor 2:4).~
121   NTLet,  Heb   10:   19(9) |       parousia (Hebrews 10:25; cf 1 Thes 4:13-18). If refusal to
122   NTLet,  Heb   10:   25(13)|          Romans 2:16; 1 Cor 3:13; 1 Thes 5:2.~
123   CathL, 1Pet    5:   12(6) |             Paul (see 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thes 1:1; 2 Thes 1:1). Jews and
124   CathL, 1Pet    5:   12(6) |             Cor 1:19; 1 Thes 1:1; 2 Thes 1:1). Jews and Jewish Christians,
125   CathL, 2Pet    3:   10(8) |             thief: Matthew 24:43; 1 Thes 5:2; Rev 3:3. Will be found
126   CathL, 2Pet    3:   11(9) |            42, 50-51; Luke 12:40; 1 Thes 5:1-11; Jude 1:20-21.~
127   CathL, 2Pet    3:   16(12)|             the coming of Christ (1 Thes 4:16-17; 1 Cor 15:23-52),
128   CathL, 1Joh    2:   18(9) |           Paul's "lawless one" in 2 Thes 2:3, are similar figures.
129   CathL,  Rev    1:   10(9) |       Matthew 24:31; 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thes 4:16).~
130   CathL,  Rev   10:    7(5) |             4, 11-21; 20:7-10; cf 2 Thes 2:6-12; Romans 16:25-26),
131   CathL,  Rev   13:   11(7) |        Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22; 2 Thes 2:9; cf also Deut 13:2-4.
132   CathL,  Rev   16:   15(7) |              cf Matthew 24:42-44; 1 Thes 5:2). Blessed: see the note