Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

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New Testament epistle Pauline epistle book of the Bible

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians is a New Testament letter addressing early Christian concerns about the timing of Christ’s return, steadfastness in persecution, and proper conduct within the church community.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians canonical 16
2 Thessalonians 7
2 Thessalonians 1 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament epistle ⓘ
Pauline epistle ⓘ
book of the Bible ⓘ
addressedTo church in Thessalonica ⓘ
biblicalChapterCount 3 ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in the New Testament ⓘ
coAuthorAccordingToText Silvanus ⓘ
Timothy ⓘ
containsTeachingOn day of the Lord ⓘ
final judgment ⓘ
man of lawlessness ⓘ
perseverance of believers ⓘ
work and responsibility ⓘ
emphasizes God’s justice in repaying affliction to persecutors ⓘ
glorification of Christ at his coming ⓘ
exhorts believers to hold to apostolic traditions ⓘ
believers to stand firm ⓘ
follows First Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
genre early Christian letter ⓘ
pastoral exhortation ⓘ
hasCanonicalOrderNumber 14th book of the New Testament ⓘ
53rd book of the Christian Bible (Protestant order) ⓘ
hasChapter Second Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Thessalonians 1

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Thessalonians 2

Second Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2 Thessalonians 3
instructs church to distance from the idle and disobedient ⓘ
liturgicalUse read in Christian liturgy ⓘ
locationOfRecipients Salonika ⓘ
surface form: Thessalonica
mainTheme church discipline ⓘ
correction of misunderstandings about the day of the Lord ⓘ
encouragement in suffering ⓘ
proper conduct within the church community ⓘ
steadfastness in persecution ⓘ
timing of Christ’s return ⓘ
warning against idleness ⓘ
openingGreetingIncludes Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul

Silvanus ⓘ
Timothy ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form: Pauline corpus
primaryLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalStatusInCatholicism canonical scripture ⓘ
scripturalStatusInOrthodoxy canonical scripture ⓘ
scripturalStatusInProtestantism canonical scripture ⓘ
traditionalAuthor Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul the Apostle
warnsAgainst false teaching about the day of the Lord ⓘ
idleness and disorderly conduct ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Apostle Paul → disputedAuthorshipOf → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
New Testament → contains → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Roman Catholic biblical canon → includesBook → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Saint Timothy → scripturalMention → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Timothy → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Timothy → coAuthorOf → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Silas → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Second Epistle to the Thessalonians → hasChapter → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Second Epistle to the Thessalonians → hasChapter → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians 3
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul → commentaryOn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Protestant Bible → containsBook → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Codex Claromontanus (D 06) → contains → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Silvanus → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Silvanus → coAuthorOf → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
church in Thessalonica → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
church in Thessalonica → testifiedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Thessalonian Christians → mentionedIn → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Thessalonian Christians → scripturalReference → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Thessalonian Christians → receivedDocument → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Antichrist → associatedWithBook → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Koine Greek New Testament → hasPart → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
Commentary on the Pauline Epistles → covers → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2 Thessalonians
Saint Paul → wrote → Second Epistle to the Thessalonians ⓘ