[The New International Commentary on the New Testament 01] • The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians by Fee, Gordon D. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

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)

D. Narrative Part 2: Paul’s Conduct in Thessalonica (2:1–12)

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)

III. Concluding Matters (5:12–28)

A. Summary Exhortations (5:12–22)

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)

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 Modern Authors Subjects Biblical and Other Ancient References