1 Thessalonians
New Testament · Pauline Letters · 5 chapters
Encouragement to a young, persecuted church, and hope about the Lord’s return and those who have died.
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Context
- Genre
- Letter
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to Paul
- Date
- c. 50–51 CE
- Audience
- The community in Thessalonica.
- Setting
- Corinth, probably
- Original language
- Greek
- In the original
- ἐλπίςelpis — hope
- Related texts
- Acts 17 · Paul in Thessalonica2 Thessalonians 1–3 · the next letter