
First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians
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Gordon D. Fee is professor emeritus of New Testament studies at Regent College, Vancouver, and general editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament series.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Commentary on 1 Thessalonians
- Introduction
- I. Authorship and Date
- II. The City and its Christian Community
- II. The Occasion and Place of Writing
- Text, Exposition, and Notes
- I. Thanksgiving, Narrative, and Prayer (1:1-3:13)
- A. Salutation (1:1)
- B. Thanksgiving (1:2-3)
- C. Narrative Part 1: The Thessalonians' Conversion and Following (1:4-10)
- 1. Paul Reminds the Thessalonians of Their Experience of Conversion (1:4-7)
- 2. The Thessalonians' Following Christ Had Become Well Known to Others (1:8-10)
- D. Narrative Part 2: Paul's Conduct in Thessalonica (2:1-12)
- 1. What Paul Was NOT like among the Thessalonians (2:1-7b)
- 2. What Paul WAS like among the Thessalonians (2:7c-12)
- E. The Thanksgiving Renewed (2:13)
- F. Narrative Part 3: The Thessalonians' (and Paul's) Ill Treatment (2:14-16)
- G. Narrative Part 4: In the Meantime (2:17-3:10)
- 1. Paul Had Been Thwarted from Returning (2:17-20)
- 2. The Sending of Timothy (3:1-5)
- 3. The Return of Timothy (3:6-10)
- H. The Prayer Report (3:11-13)
- II. Supplying What Is Lacking (4:1-5:11)
- A. Introduction (4:1-2)
- B. Avoiding Sexual Immorality (4:3-8)
- C. Loving Others by Working with One's Own Hands (4:9-12)
- D. About Believers Who Have Died (4:13-18)
- E. About the Day of the Lord (5:1-11)
- 1. The Day of the Lord and Unbelievers (5:1-3)
- 2. The Day of the Lord and the Thessalonian Believers (5:4-11)
- III. Concluding Matters (5:12-28)
- A. Summary Exhortations (5:12-22)
- 1. Attitudes toward Their Leaders (5:12-13)
- 2. Imperatival Summation of the Letter (5:14-15)
- 3. Exhortation to Continue Basic Christian Piety (5:16-18)
- 4. About Christian Prophecy (5:19-22)
- B. Benediction (5:23-24)
- C. Closing Greetings and Final Grace (5:25-28)
- Commentary on 2 Thessalonians
- Introduction
- I. Authorship and Date
- II. Occasion for Writing
- Text, Exposition, and Notes
- I. Thanksgiving and Prayer (1:1-12)
- A. Salutation (1:1-2)
- B. Thanksgiving, Including the First Issue (1:3-10)
- 1. Thanksgiving for Perseverance in Suffering (1:3-4)
- 2. Judgment of the Persecutors and Salvation for God's People (1:5-10)
- C. Prayer (1:11-12)
- II. The Second Issue: The "When" of the Day of the Lord (2:1-17)
- A. The Issue Presented (2:1-2)
- B. Paul's Response (2:3-12)
- 1. What Will Precede That Day (2:3-4)
- 2. What Holds Back That Day (2:5-7)
- 3. What Will Take Place on That Day (2:8-12)
- C. Conclusion (2:13-17)
- 1. Thanksgiving (2:13-14)
- 2. Concluding Exhortation (2:15)
- 3. Prayer (2:16-17)
- III. The Third Issue: About the Disruptive-Idle (3:1-15)
- A. A Captatio Benevolentiae (3:1-5)
- 1. A Request for Prayer (3:1-2a)
- 2. Affirmation and Prayer (3:2b-5)
- B. Exhortation regarding the Disruptive-Idle (3:6-12)
- 1. The Issue Presented (3:6)
- 2. First Word for the Disruptive-Idle: Imitate Paul (3:7-10)
- 3. The Issue and Exhortation Repeated (3:11-12)
- C. Exhortation to the Rest (3:13-15)
- 1. Always Do Good (3:13)
- 2. Shun the Disobedient (3:14-15)
- IV. Concluding Matters (3:16-18)
- A. Benediction (3:16)
- B. Paul's Personal Greeting (3:17)
- C. The Grace (3:18)
- Notes
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Biblical and Other Ancient References
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