2 Thessalonians (KJV)
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About the Book of 2 Thessalonians
Second Thessalonians corrects confusion about the day of the Lord and steadies a church unsettled by false claims. It urges patient endurance, sound expectation, and diligent, orderly living.
- Genre
- Epistle
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the apostle Paul
- First audience
- The church in Thessalonica
How to read it: Read with the occasion in view — Paul addresses specific misunderstandings about Christ's return; interpret its teaching within that pastoral aim.
It opens: “Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:” (2 Thessalonians 1:1)
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Key verses in 2 Thessalonians
The verses of 2 Thessalonians that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;