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The Abridged Second Letter to the Thessalonians

What is the Second Letter to the Thessalonians?

Things don't get better for the Thessalonians, so Paul writes a letter about the endtimes and standing strong.

Summary - Top

Pt 1

Ch 1a. Intro

Ch 1b-2. The End of the World

Ch 3.

Summary and Background

Stats

Other Names
2 Thess

Author
Disputedly by Paul

Setting Range
52CE

Categories
Pauline Church Letters

Academic Composition Range
51CE-100CE

Historical Preservation
Fully Preserved

Public Domain Translations
KJVASVBBEYLTWEB

Abridged Status
Finished- 0% Remaining

Original Verse Count
47

Original Word Count
1,022

Abridged Word Count
408

Abridged Length
40%

History and Background of the Second Letter to the Thessalonians

What do scholars and theologians know about the Second Letter to the Thessalonians?

Sent to churches in Thessaloniki, in Macedonia.

Doubted legitimacy

Part 1 Chapter 1a

1:1. To: The Thessalonians
From: Paul, Silas and Timothy

1:1. Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

1:2. Grace and peace be to you from God and Jesus!

1:2. Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1:3. We thank God for you all, and you're proving yourself to us.

1:3. 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;

1:4. We even brag about you sometimes.

1:4. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

1:5. This proves God is fair.

1:5. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

1:11. So we pray for you, that God will help you on your mission.

1:11. Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

1:12. We also pray you give a good name to Jesus, and Jesus gives a good name to you.

1:12. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Chapters 1b-2

1:6-10. One day, a flaming Jesus will come flying from heaven, and God will pack back everyone who bothered you, and give relief to everyone who is troubled.

1:6. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

1:7. And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

1:8. In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1:9. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

1:10. When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

2:1-4. I know the final judgement day seems scary, but don't fall for every rumor you hear. That day won't come until someone takes control of every church and religion, and pretends to be God.

2:1. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2:2. That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

2:3. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2:4. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

2:5. Don't you remember me telling you this?

2:5. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

2:6-7. This ruler will be held back until the right time. The power of crime is already at work, but the ruler is held back.

2:6. And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

2:7. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

2:8. Then the ruler will be let loose, and Jesus will fuck them up.

2:8. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

2:9-12. The ruler will appear when Satan is already doing all sorts of miracles and wonders. This will decieve those who do not love the truth. God will let them be decieved.

2:9. Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

2:10. And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2:11. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

2:12. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2:13-15. But we still always thank God for your for your work and your belief in truth. Jesus called you for a reason. Remember the teachings you've learned from us.

2:13. 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:

2:14. Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2:15. Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

2:16-17. May Jesus and God strengthen your hearts and souls.

2:16. 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,

2:17. Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Chapter 3

3:1. Pray that Jesus' message spreads quickly.

3:1. Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

3:2. Pray that evil people go away.

3:2. And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

3:3. God is faithful, and will protect you.

3:3. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

3:4. We know you're doing good, just like Jesus said.

3:4. And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

3:5. May God direct your hearts towards love and perserverance.

3:5. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

3:6. Stay away from everyone who is lazy and doesn't follow these teachings.

3:6. Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

3:7-10. You know how we are- we are not lazy. We pay for our food and work hard to not be a burden.
We did this to be a good role model.

3:7. For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

3:8. Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

3:9. Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

3:10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

3:11. We did hear that some of you are lazy.

3:11. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

3:12. If that's you, you better learn to work to earn the food you eat.

3:12. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

3:13. Never get tired of doing what is right.

3:13. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

3:14. If someone doesn't listen to this, ignore them and cast them out, so they get the message.

3:14. And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

3:15. Don't treat them like an enemy, just warn them as a sibling.

3:15. Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

3:16. Let God give you peace.

3:16. Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

3:17. (This is written by Paul, promises- this is what my handwriting looks like.)

3:17. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

3:18. Grace be with you.

3:18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

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