Passage about meeting Jesus in the clouds (Parusia)
Letter opposes the idea that the end has already come
Contains a household code
Pauline authorship is disputed
Putting on the "whole armor of God" to defend against spiritual, cosmic powers
Heavy use of family language and metaphors
Thought by most to be pseudonymous
Unity of Jew and gentile in the church
It is one of the "Pastoral Epistles"
Detailed qualifications for the offices of bishop and deacon
Accommodations made to the values of Greco-Roman society so that the church might lead a "quiet peaceable life"
Those unwilling to work shouldn't eat
Letter intended to comfort and encourage readers who are facing persecution
The Man of Lawlessness and the Restrainer
Realized Eschatology
Realized eschatology
Thessalonians are concerned about those who have died
Opposition to some kind of Jewish mystical philosophy
Thought to be earliest document in NT
Seems to be patterned on Colossians
Household code
concerned with the teaching of sound doctrine (opposing the false teachers)
The cosmic supremacy of Christ
