First Epistle to the Thessalonians

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Christian scripture New Testament epistle Pauline epistle book of the Bible

The First Epistle to the Thessalonians is a New Testament letter addressing an early Christian community, offering encouragement, ethical instruction, and teaching about Christ’s return.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Epistle to the Thessalonians canonical	18
1 Thessalonians	9
1 Thess	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ New Testament epistle ⓘ Pauline epistle ⓘ book of the Bible ⓘ
attributedAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
canonicalCollection	Roman Catholic biblical canon ⓘ surface form: Catholic biblical canon Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ surface form: Orthodox biblical canon Pauline Epistles ⓘ surface form: Pauline letters Protestant Bible ⓘ surface form: Protestant biblical canon
canonicalStatus	canonical ⓘ
chapterCount	5 ⓘ
coAuthorMentioned	Silvanus ⓘ Timothy ⓘ
containsExhortation	call to live in a way that pleases God ⓘ call to love one another more and more ⓘ call to rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances ⓘ call to respect leaders ⓘ call to sexual purity ⓘ
containsTeaching	instruction about the coming of the Lord ⓘ instruction about the fate of deceased believers ⓘ
eschatologicalFocus	second coming of Christ ⓘ
genre	letter ⓘ
influence	Christian eschatology ⓘ Christian ethics ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	epistolary ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in Christian worship ⓘ
locationOfRecipients	Salonika ⓘ surface form: Thessalonica
majorTheme	Christ’s return ⓘ brotherly love ⓘ encouragement in persecution ⓘ ethical instruction ⓘ faith, hope, and love ⓘ holiness ⓘ moral purity ⓘ preparation for the day of the Lord ⓘ resurrection of the dead in Christ ⓘ sanctification ⓘ work and idleness ⓘ
openingSection	thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ faith ⓘ
positionInNewTestament	13th book ⓘ
positionInPaulineCorpus	eighth in canonical order of Pauline epistles ⓘ
possiblePlaceOfComposition	Corinth ⓘ
recipientCommunity	church in Thessalonica ⓘ
recipientGroup	Thessalonian Christians ⓘ
regionOfRecipients	Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
sequenceWithSecondThessalonians	precedes Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
shortName	First Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Thess First Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1 Thessalonians
testament	New Testament ⓘ
title	First Epistle to the Thessalonians self-link ⓘ
traditionalDate	circa AD 50–52 ⓘ

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