1 Thessalonians

1 Thessalonians in Wikipedia

The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians, usually referred to simply as First Thessalonians and often written 1 Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The first letter to the Thessalonians was likely the first of Paul's letters, probably written by the end of A.D. 52[1], making it, so far as is now known,...

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1 Thessalonians in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

thes-a-lo'-ni-anz I. IMPORTANCE OF THE EPISTLE II. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FOUNDING OF THE CHURCH 1. Luke's Narrative in Acts 2. Confirmation of Luke's Narrative in the Epistle III. CONDITIONS IN THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH AS INDICATED IN THE LETTER IV. ANALYSIS WIENER, ORIGIN OF THE PENTATEUCH THE EPISTLE 1. Paul's Past and Present Relations wi...

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1 Thessalonians in Smiths Bible Dictionary

was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalonica, at the close of the year A.D. 62 or the beginning of 53. The Epistles to the Thessalonians, then (for the second followed the first after no long interval), are the earliest of St. Paul's writings --perhaps the earliest written records of ...

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Epistles to the Thessalonians in Easton's Bible Dictionary

The first epistle to the Thessalonians was the first of all Paul's epistles. It was in all probability written from Corinth, where he abode a "long time" (Acts 18:11, 18), early in the period of his residence there, about the end of A.D. 52. The occasion of its being written was the return of Timotheus from Macedonia, bearing tidings from ...

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Epistles to the Thessalonians in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

FIRST EPISTLE. Authenticity. Ignatius, ad Polycarp 1, Ephesians 10, says "pray without ceasing" (1 Thessalonians 5:17); so Polycarp, and Philippians 4. This epistle is in the Muratorian Canon, that of Marcion, and Laodicea, A.D. 364. Irenaeus (adv. Haer. 5:6, section 1) quotes 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Clement of Alexandria (Paed. 1:88) quotes 1 ...

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