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 1:7-8
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.
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Context2:1 Now regarding the arrival 7 of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, 8 we ask you, brothers and sisters, 9
2 Thessalonians 2:14
Context2:14 He called you to this salvation 10 through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 11
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 3:12
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. 12
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 Or perhaps “return” (cf. CEV).
8 tn Grk “our gathering with him.”
9 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:3.
10 tn Grk “to which,” referring to the main idea of v. 13.
11 sn That you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Paul the ultimate stage of salvation is glorification (Rom 8:30).
12 tn Grk “that by working quietly they may eat their own bread.”
