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1 Thessalonians – Hebrews Flashcards

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1 Thessalonians – Content

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A letter of thanksgiving, encouragement, exhortation, and information for very recent Gentile believers in Christ

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1 Thessalonians – Author

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the apostle Paul, joined by his traveling companions Silas and Timothy

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1 Thessalonians – Date

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A.D. 50 or 51, while Paul is in Corinth, probably the earliest document in the New Testament

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1 and 2 Thessalonians – Recipients

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  • quite new converts to Christ in Thessalonica, mostly Gentile (1:9-10)
  • Thessalonica was a northern Aegean seaport that also sat astraddle the Egnatian Way
  • in the time of Paul it was the chief city of Macedonia
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1 Thessalonians – Occasion

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  • the return of Timothy to Paul and Silas in Corinth

- Timothy had been sent to Thessalonica to see how the new believers were doing (see 3:5-7)

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1 Thessalonians – Emphases

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  1. Paul’s loving concern for his friends in Thessalonica
  2. Suffering as part of Christian life
  3. Holiness regarding sexual matters
  4. The need to do one’s own work and not live off the largesse of others
  5. The resurrection of the Christian dead
  6. Readiness for Christ’s coming
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2 Thessalonians – Content

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A letter of further encouragement in the face of suffering, of warning against being misled regarding the coming of the Lord, and of exhortation for some to work with their own hands and not sponge off others

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2 Thessalonians – Author

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the apostle Paul, joined by his traveling companions Silas and Timothy

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2 Thessalonians – Date

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A.D. 51 (probably), very shortly after 1 Thessalonians (although some would reverse the order of our two letters)

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2 Thessalonians – Occasion

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Paul has received word that some (probably by prophetic word) have spoken in Paul’s name to the effect that the day of the Lord (=the coming of Christ) has already taken place, plus the fact that the disruptive loafers spoken to in 1 Thessalonians have not mended their ways

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2 Thessalonians – Emphases

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  1. The sure salvation of the Thessalonian believers and the sure judgment of their persecutors
  2. The day of the Lord is still ahead and will be preceded by “the rebellion”
  3. Those who are idle and disruptive should work for their food
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1 Timothy – Content

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An indictment of some false teachers—their character and teachings—with instructions on various community matters these teachers have brought to crisis, interspersed with words of encouragement to Timothy

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1 Timothy – Author

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the apostle Paul (although doubted by many)

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1 Timothy – Date

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A.D. 62-63, from Macedonia (probably Philippi or Thessalonica), apparently after his (expected) release from the imprisonment noted in Philippians 1:13 and 2:23-24

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1 Timothy – Recipient(s)

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Timothy, a longtime, younger companion of Paul, and (ultimately) the church in Ephesus (the grace-benediction in 6:21 is plural)

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1 Timothy – Occasion

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  • Paul has left Timothy in charge of a very difficult situation in the church in Ephesus, where false teachers (probably local elders) are leading some house churches astray
  • Paul writes to the whole church through Timothy in order to strengthen Timothy’s hand in stopping these straying elders and some younger widows who have followed them
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1 Timothy – Emphases

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  1. The truth of the gospel as God’s mercy shown toward all people
  2. Character qualifications for church leadership
  3. Speculative teachings, asceticism, and love of controversy and money disqualify one from church leadership
  4. Timothy, by holding fast to the gospel, should model genuine Christian character and leadership
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2 Timothy – Content

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An appeal to Timothy to remain loyal to Christ, to the gospel, and to Paul, including a final salvo at the false teachers (of 1 Timothy)

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2 Timothy – Author

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the apostle Paul (although doubted by many)

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2 Timothy – Date

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ca. A.D. 64, from a prison in Rome (the lion in 4:17 is an allusion to Nero or to the empire itself)

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2 Timothy – Recipient(s)

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Timothy primarily; secondarily to the church (the first “you” in 4:22 is singular, the final one is plural)

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2 Timothy – Occasion

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  • Paul has been once more arrested and taken to Rome (most likely from Troas and at the instigation of Alexander, 4:13-15 [probably the same man who was disfellowshiped in 1 Tim 1:19-20])
  • the letter urges Timothy to come to Paul’s side, but mostly offers him a kind of last will and testament
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2 Timothy – Emphases

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  1. The saving work of Christ, “who has destroyed death and brought life through the gospel” (1:10)
  2. Loyalty to Christ by perseverance in suffering and hardship
  3. Loyalty to Paul by recalling their longtime relationship
  4. Loyalty to the gospel by being faithful in proclaiming/teaching “the word” the gospel message)
  5. The deadly spread, but final demise, of the false teaching
  6. The final salvation of those who are Christ’s
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Titus – Content

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  • Instructions to Titus for setting in order the church(es) on Crete,
  • including the appointment of qualified elders
  • and the instruction of various social groups,
  • set against the backdrop of some false teachers
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Titus – Author

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the apostle Paul (although doubted by many)

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Titus – Date

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ca. A.D. 62-63, apparently from Macedonia at about the same time as 1 Timothy (see 3:12; Nicopolis is on the Adriatic coast of Macedonia)

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Titus – Recipient(s)

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Titus, a Gentile and sometime traveling companion of Paul (see Gal 2:1-3; 2 Cor 7:6-16; 8:6, 16-24; 12:17-18); and the churches on Crete (Titus 3:15, “you all”)

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Titus – Occasion

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  • Paul had left Titus on Crete to finish setting the churches in order, while he and Timothy (apparently) went on to Ephesus, where they met a very distressing situation (see 1 Timothy).
  • But Paul had to go on to Macedonia (1 Tim 1:3; cf. Phil 2:19-24);
  • perhaps the Holy Spirit reminded him while writing 1 Timothy that some similar problems had emerged in Crete, so he addressed the churches through a letter to Titus
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Titus – Emphases

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  1. God’s people must be and do good – this is especially true of church leaders
  2. The gospel of grace stands over against false teachings based on the Jewish law
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Philemon – Content

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The sole purpose of this letter is to secure forgiveness for a (probably runaway) slave named Onesimus

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Philemon – Author

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The apostle Paul, joined by his younger companion Timothy

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Philemon – Date

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probably A.D. 60-61

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Philemon – Recipient(s)

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  • Philemon is a Gentile believer in Colosse (see Col 4:9), in whose house a church meets
  • the salutation and final greeting indicate that Paul expected Philemon to share the letter with the church
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Philemon – Occasion

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  • Onesimus has recently been converted and has been serving Paul, who is in prison
  • now Onesimus is being sent back to Philemon, accompanied by Tychicus, who is also carrying letters to the churches in Colosse (Colossians) and Asia (Ephesians)
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Philemon – Emphasis

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  1. The gospel reconciles people to one another, not only Jew (Paul) and Gentile (Philemon), but also (runaway) slave and master, making them all brothers!
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Hebrews – Content

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A “word of exhortation” (13:22) sent in letter form, encouraging faithful perseverance in light of the superlative final word God has spoken in Christ

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Hebrews – Author

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unknown; a second-generation believer (2:3), who was a skilled preacher and interpreter of Scripture, with an excellent command of Greek (it came into the canon among Paul’s letters, but definitely not by him)

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Hebrews – Date

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unknown; guesses range from A.D. 50 to 90; probably before 70 (since the author gives no hint that the Jewish temple has been destroyed)

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Hebrews – Recipients

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unknown; guesses range from A.D. 50 to 90; probably before 70 (since the author gives no hint that the Jewish temple has been destroyed)

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Hebrews – Occasion

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  • the community is discouraged because of suffering (10:35-39) and perhaps from doubts about whether Jesus really took care of sin
  • the author writes to convince them to “not throw away your confidence” (10:35; cf. 2:1; 4:14)
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Hebrews – Emphases

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  1. God has spoken his absolutely final word in his Son
  2. To abandon Christ is to abandon God altogether
  3. Christ is superior to everything that went before—the old revelation, its angelic mediators, the first exodus (Moses and Joshua), and the whole priestly system
  4. God’s people can have full confidence in God’s Son, the perfect high priest, who gives all people ready access to God

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