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The sudden departure of Paul, and his failure to return, had been misinterpreted. Some were insinuating that Paul had preached with See also:

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He wanted to go back but Satan hindered him. Even now, as he writes, he is praying that he may soon see, the% See also:

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With the specific situation still in mind, he adds his final injunctions. Respect your presiding offices, purposely called " the labourers," and let there be peace. Warn the idlers, encourage those who are impatient of the Parousia, and cling to those tempted by the heathen worship. In spite of the temptation to avenge your persecutors, be patient with them, return good for evil, exemplifying to all what is the Christian good. In spite of affliction, let there be joy, prayer and thanksgiving (1 Thess. v. 14-18). The charismata are to be respected, and at the same See also:

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Apparently, it did not quell the excitement for which the idlers were largely responsible. Paul's discussion of the relation of dead and living at the Parousia seemed insufficient. His refusal to go further into times and seasons than the statement " the day comes as a thief in the See also:

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Indeed, the outline of the letter is strikingly similar to that of the First Epistle, and many phrases hold over. At the same time there is a freedom of style suggesting not the imitator but the same author. And above all, especially in the treatment of the idlers, the letter reveals a knowledge of the situation which is even more explicit than that of the First Epistle. On such grounds, together with the excellent See also:

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T. W., 1904, pp. 28–38) actually hold. The difficulty with this See also:

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2 and iii. 17 are easily explicable on the hypothesis that the idlers found an anonymous letter and attributed it to Paul, especially when they thought, perhaps in good faith, that the Spirit had indicated that the day is present. Finally, the forger handles Paul's style with miraculous knowledge, not only reproducing phrases from the first letter, but knowing how to amend them to present purposes with singular naturalness. When it comes to putting Christian touches to a Jewish fragment, the touches turn out to be uniquely Pauline, although they are not obviously Pauline (e.g. i. 6–ro " eirep," "obey the Gospel," " was believed "). And even with the thought of Paul, he is curiously at See also:

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