First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians
Published on 10. July 2009
312 pages
978-1-4674-4149-0 (ISBN)
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In this commentary Gordon Fee aims first and foremost to offer a fresh exposition of the text of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He shows the reader what is in the biblical text, what the text meant in the first century, and what it means now. Fee reveals the logic of each argument or narrative before moving on to the details of each verse, and he concludes each section with a theological-practical reflection on the meaning of the text today. Among other things, Fee explores the occasion for writing for each epistle, restoring 2 Thessalonians to the place it deserves as a full companion to the first letter, rather than merely a tagalong to 1 Thessalonians.
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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
