¹⁴ This point has been argued most effectively by Schmithals (1964), 298. Pearson (1971) has attempted to prove that 1 Thess. 2: 13–16 was not originally part of the letter. His arguments, however, have force only for vv. 15–16, and they have not convinced everybody; see W. D. Davies (1977), 6–9; Donfried (1984), 242–53; Gillard (1989).