The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians

Authorship and date

The city and its Christian community

The occasion and place of writing

Thanksgiving, narrative, and prayer

Supplying what is lacking

Concluding matters

Authorship and date

Occasion for writing

Thanksgiving and prayer

The second issue: the "when" of the day of the Lord

The third issue: about the disruptive-idle

Concluding matters.