Discovery Box2 Thessalonians 1:1 
Context1:1 From Paul 1 and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians 2 in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Context1:7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed 3 from heaven with his mighty angels. 4 1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out 5 punishment on those who do not know God 6 and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 1:9 They 7 will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, 8
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Context2:1 Now regarding the arrival 9 of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, 10 we ask you, brothers and sisters, 11
2 Thessalonians 2:8
Context2:8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord 12 will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
2 Thessalonians 2:14
Context2:14 He called you to this salvation 13 through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 14
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Context2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
2 Thessalonians 3:1
Context3:1 Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, 15 that the Lord’s message 16 may spread quickly and be honored 17 as in fact it was among you,
2 Thessalonians 3:4
Context3:4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing – and will do – what we are commanding.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
Context3:12 Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat. 18
1 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.
2 map For the location of Thessalonica see JP1 C1; JP2 C1; JP3 C1; JP4 C1.
3 tn Grk “at the revelation of the Lord Jesus.”
4 tn Grk “angels of power,” translated as an attributive genitive.
5 tn Grk “meting out,” as a description of Jesus Christ in v. 7. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started at the beginning of v. 8 in the translation.
6 sn An allusion to Jer 10:25, possibly also to Ps 79:6 and Isa 66:15.
7 tn Grk “who,” describing the people mentioned in v. 8. A new sentence was started here in the translation by replacing the relative pronoun with a personal pronoun.
8 tn Or “power,” or “might.” The construction can also be translated as an attributed genitive: “from his glorious strength” (cf. TEV “glorious might”; CEV “glorious strength”; NLT “glorious power”).
sn An allusion to Isa 2:10, 19, 21.
9 tn Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).
10 tn Grk “our gathering with him.”
11 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
12 tc ‡ Several important witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western traditions, as well as many other witnesses, read ᾿Ιησοῦς (Ihsous, “Jesus”) after κύριος (kurios, “Lord”; so א A D* F G Lc P Ψ 0278 33 81 104 365 1241 2464 pc latt sy co). But there is sufficient evidence in the Alexandrian tradition for the shorter reading (B 1739 1881), supported by the Byzantine text as well as Irenaeus. Although it is possible that scribes overlooked ᾿Ιησοῦς if the two nomina sacra occurred together (kMsiMs), since “the Lord Jesus” is a frequent enough appellation, it looks to be a motivated reading. NA27 places ᾿Ιησοῦς in brackets, indicating some doubts as to its authenticity.
13 tn Grk “to which,” referring to the main idea of v. 13.
14 sn That you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul the ultimate stage of salvation is glorification (Rom 8:30).
15 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
16 tn Or “the word of the Lord.”
sn “The word of the Lord” is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 1:8, 4:15). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said. Here the phrase has been translated “the Lord’s message” because of the focus upon the spread of the gospel evident in the passage.
17 tn Grk “may run and be glorified.”
18 tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”
