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Fragments showing 1 Thessalonians 1:3–2:1 and 2:6–13 on Papyrus 65, from the third century. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians [a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece.
[19] 1 Thessalonians 3:1–6 suggests that from Corinth, Paul sent Timothy back to Thessalonika to enquire about the community's continued faith, reporting back that it was in good shape. Timothy next appears in Acts during Paul's stay in Ephesus (54–57), and in late A. D. 56 or early 57 Paul sent him forth to Macedonia with the aim that he ...
By September 2024, the ESV Study Bible had sold more than 2.5 million copies. [35] ESV New Classic Reference Bible (Commemorative Edition; top grain leather) In 2011, Crossway published a special limited edition ESV New Classic Reference Bible to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version (KJV) first being published. [36]
The Koine Greek of 1 Thessalonians 4:17 uses the verb form ἁρπαγησόμεθα (harpagēsometha), which means "we shall be caught up" or "we shall be taken away". The dictionary form of this Greek verb is harpazō (ἁρπάζω). [10] This use is also seen in such texts as Acts 8:39, [11] 2 Corinthians 12:2–4, [12] and Revelation 12:5 ...
Timothy joins the group (16:1–5) [ edit ] One of Paul's most trusted and well-known co-workers ( Romans 16 :21), Timothy is mentioned in the epistles to the churches in Rome and Corinth , to the Hebrews and cited as co-author of the letters to Philippi, Thessalonica (2 epistles), Philemon, and Colossae.
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. [13]It is the will of God that the believers be sanctified (cf. 1 Thessalonians 4:3) and Christ's act of obedience made God's will his own, because Christ's death conformed to God's will (Galatians 1:4; Ephesians 1:5–11; 1 Peter 3:17) and Christ's obedience—attested in the Gethsemane story ...
A study Bible with a modern English translation of the Scriptures from their original languages. Comparable to the English Standard Version and the New American Standard Bible. Local churches (affiliation) Revised New Jerusalem Bible: RNJB Modern English 2018 (New Testament), 2019 (Complete Bible) Revision of the New Jerusalem Bible. Roman Catholic
[18] One sign of the slackness in the faith development is the unwillingness (or inability) to be teachers, that is, to explain the faith they learned to other people (cf. Hebrews 3:13; 10:24–25; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Peter 3:15). [16] "Milk": the appropriate food for an infant, but mature people need solid food. [16]