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Paul met furious and violent opposition from the Jewish community at Thessalonica in his attempts to spread the Good News. With disregard for their own safety a small group from the Jewish community pledged their faith to Jesus. They were joined by Gentile converts and formed the Thessalonian Church. These bold converts found a special place in Paul's heart. The letters to the Thessalonian church...

Paul now makes explicit the basis for the confidence in salvation expressed in the preceding phrase. He has noted already that Jesus delivers his people from God’s wrath (1:10). The contrast here further stresses that point as a source of confidence in the readers’ ongoing struggle with their surroundings. “Wrath,” God’s holy anger against sin, belongs not to the Christians but to those who continue
1 Thessalonians 5:9