1 & 2 Thessalonians (Reformed Expository Commentary)

Description

Years before writing Romans or Ephesians, Paul sent a pair of letters to a new church in Thessalonica. Three concerns governed Paul’s teaching in these letters: What makes a healthy church? How should we view God’s Word? What does a Christian life look like?

Richard D. Phillips’s commentary considers these foundational issues in a scholarly, pastoral, and practical manner and also explores Paul’s end-times teaching—the clearest found in the New Testament. Through these studies, readers will find a refreshingly clear biblical summary of what will happen before, during, and after the Second Coming.

Just as importantly, by touring Paul’s singular teaching in 1 and 2 Thessalonians, readers will recover a joyful anticipation of Christ’s return and receive hope for life in a challenging world.

Table of Contents:

1 Thessalonians: Standing Fast in the Lord

1. To the Thessalonians: 1 Thessalonians 1:1

2. A Prayer of Thanks: 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3

3. Election and Its Effects: 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5

4. Receiving God’s Word: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-7

5. A Model Reputation: 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10

6. Ministry Not in Vain: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

7. Worthy of the Calling: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-12

8. Not of Men but of God: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-17

9. Moved by Afflictions: 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5

10. Now We Live: 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10

11. An Apostolic Pastoral Prayer: 1 Thessalonians 3:11-13

12. Sovereignty and Sanctification: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

13. Sexual Purity: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8

14. Concerning Brotherly Love: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

15. The Coming of the Lord: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

16. Grieving with Hope: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

17. The Resurrection of the Dead: 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

18. Meeting the Lord in the Air: 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

19. Like a Thief in the Night: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4

20. Victors Valiant: 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

21. Destined for Salvation: 1 Thessalo