This chapter forms an introduction to both 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians. Introductory matters discussed include the city of Thessalonica, the church of Thessalonica, authorship, literary dependence of 2 Thessalonians on 1 Thessalonians, and eschatological differences between the two letters.
Is the restraint spoken of in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 good or evil? Dixon argues for an understanding of restraint (Greek "kategon") as evil and actually as a reference to Satan himself.
These two articles looks at election, the sovereignty of God, calling and preaching and the assurance of faith from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-15.
This article offers some expository notes on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, in relation to suspension from the Lord's Supper.
Poythress believes that 2 Thessalonians 1 provides support for amillennialism. He considers separately midtribulational premillennialism, post-tribulational premillennialism, and postmillennialism and its understanding of the rapture, in the light of 2 Thessalonians 1. Poythress also provides a careful reading of 2 Thessalonians 1 in the context of first-century Thessalonica.
This article on 2 Thessalonians 3:16 shows how God gives us His peace. This peace is the work of the Holy Spirit, who makes us rest in the finished work of Christ and fills our hearts with thankfulness and trust in God.
In this essay the author wants to show that Paul's teaching in 1 Thessalonians and 2 Thessalonians on the second coming of Christ parallels the teaching of Jesus in the Olivet discourse recorded in Matthew 24, Matthew 25, Mark 13, and Luke 21.
The structure of 2 Thessalonians 1:3-10 is in many respects obscure. This paper discusses the problems and seeks to resolve them through punctuation.
