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“No other writings of Paul provide a greater insight into his missionary methods and message as 1 and 2 Thessalonians,” says Leon Morris. “Here we see Paul the missionary and Paul the pastor, faithfully proclaiming the gospel of God, concerned for the welfare of his converts, scolding them, praising them, guiding them, exhorting them, teaching them; thrilled with their progress, disappointed in...

terms of ‘the law of compensation by which the sufferers of this world shall rest hereafter and the persecutors of this world shall suffer hereafter’. While this thought is certainly in mind (v. 6)‚ the idea here is bigger. It is part of God’s righteous judgment to use tribulations to bring his own people to perfection. The Greek construction (eis to with the infinitive) expresses purpose; the judgment is in order that they may be counted worthy of the kingdom. The verb kataxioō means not ‘to make
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