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In this commentary Gene Green reads Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians in light of the canon of Scripture and of new knowledge about the first-century world of Thessalonica. This fruitful approach helps illuminate the impact of the gospel on its original readers and, in turn, shows how potent a force it can be for the church and society today. The book begins with an in-depth study of the...

doubts about how they might be prepared for that day and how its advent might affect them (vv. 4–10). Paul answers this concern by teaching that living in faith, love, and hope is the proper way to be prepared so that the day of the Lord will not surprise them “like a thief.” On the other hand, the destruction of the final judgment will come upon those who have rejected the gospel, and they will not be able to escape (v. 3). But the divine wrath will not be poured out upon the church, which will
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