2 Tessalonicenses 1

2 Tessalonicenses 1

HE HAS NOT YET COME Charts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Overview Chart - 2 Thessalonans - Charles Swindoll COMPARISON OF 1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS 1 THESSALONIANS 2 THESSALONIANS Addresses how the Thessalonians were evangelizes as they received the Word of God Addresses how the Thessalonians are being edified, noting their progress in faith, love, and patience The imminency and importance of the Lord’s return is emphasized Misunderstandings about the Lord’s return are corrected The saints are comforted and encouraged The saints are assured of God’s judgment on His enemies Paul is concerned with the church and its hope of the rapture (meeting Christ in the air) Paul is concerned with Satan, the man of sin (Antichrist) and their destruction at the revelation (return of Christ to the earth) Contains the outstanding passage on the rapture of the saints in 4:13–18 Contains the outstanding passage concerning the day of the Lord in 2:1–12 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: NET 2 Thessalonians 1:1 From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. NLT 2 Thessalonians 1:1 This letter is from Paul, Silas, and Timothy.We are writing to the church in Thessalonica, to you who belong to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ESV 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: NIV 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: GNT 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Θεσσαλονικέων ἐν θεῷ πατρὶ ἡμῶν καὶ κυρίῳ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ, KJV 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: YLT 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: ASV 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; CSB 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. NKJ 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: NRS 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: NAB 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: NJB 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonica which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ GWN 2 Thessalonians 1:1 From Paul, Silas, and Timothy. To the church at Thessalonica united with God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2Co 1:19 1Th 1:1-10 2 Thessalonians 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Paul and Silvanus and Timothy - While Paul wrote the letter, he includes the names of two other faithful servants who played a role in the founding of the church at Thessalonica. Paul was a humble servant willing to share the acclaim with his fellow servants modelling his exhortation in Php 2:3+ "with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves," a good model for all of us. Paul is clearly the author for he uses the first person pronoun ("I") in 2 Th 2:5 and 2 Th 3:17. Matthew