in 1 Thessalonians 4:13–5:11. He thereby opposes certain enthusiasts who appealed to supposed statements of the apostle in order to claim that the day of the Lord had already come (2 Thess. 2:2). Judging from Romans 11:25–31 (cf. Mark 13:10 par.) and 15:16, such corrections in 2 Thessalonians 2:1–12 could very well be Pauline. But since exegetical opinions about this passage (and the letter as a whole) are extremely divided, I postpone treatment of 2 Thessalonians until the section on the proclamation