addressed their concern about the destiny of believers who had died, Paul now responds to their concerns about the timing of Christ’s return. “Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers,” he writes, “you have no need to have anything written to you” (1 Thess. 5:1). The two words for “times and seasons” (chronos and kairos) correspond roughly to “length of time” and “sequence of events.” The Thessalonians were concerned, we may infer, about the timing of Christ’s return, lest they be unprepared