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The letters First and Second Thessalonians are traditionally associated with the Pauline foundation of the Macedonian Church at Thessalonica. The first is seen as representing Paul’s earliest epistolary efforts and as providing two successive moments in his long relationship as advisor to that community. Soon after leaving the area for the southern province of Achaia, Paul addresses the concerns...

Early in his career Paul heads west after doing missionary work in Arabia and Asia Minor in the environs of Syria and Cilicia (Gal 1:17, 21). Crossing the Aegean Sea he connects with the Egnatian Way and works his way west, stopping at Philippi before arriving at Thessalonica, where he and his coworkers are given a warm reception (1 Thess 1:9; 2:2). The new site of Paul’s missionary activity was an important port city of the Roman province of Macedonia, situated
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