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THE FIRST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS
Having read 1 Thessalonians we are now interested in this small church’s response. What reactions or problems resulted? We know there were two major difficulties: first, some reading this letter misunderstood Paul and thought he was stating the “day of the Lord” was at hand; and, second, a problem developing when Paul was first there has not fully materialized: some were taking advantage of the poor congregation financially. We now look to 2 Thessalonians to see how Paul addresses these.
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