Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Thessalonians+002   2 Thessalonians 2 (ESV) The Man of Lawlessness 2 Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, 2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2Thessalonians+001   2 THESSALONIANS INTRODUCTION Apparently only shortly after writing his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul had to write again to correct a false report that he had said the day of the Lord had already come. The day of the Lord was a phrase from the Hebrew prophets to […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+005   1 Thessalonians 5 (ESV) Final Instructions and Benediction 12 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+004     1 Thessalonians 4 (ESV) A Life Pleasing to God 1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Thessalonians+003   1 Thessalonians 3 (ESV)   1 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone, 2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you […]