Paul's letters
1 Thessalonians
Encouragement to a young church, with the hope of the Lord’s coming.
Paul wrote from Corinth soon after Timothy brought good news from Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 3:6). It is one of his earliest letters, probably written in AD 50 or 51.
Written at: Corinth (Acts 18:1–11; 1 Thessalonians 3:6)
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
The Lord himself will descend from heaven. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
1 Thessalonians 4:16 (World English Bible)
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On the timeline
Paul's second journey: the gospel reaches EuropePaul writes 1 and 2 Thessalonians from Corinth
Dating notes
Conventional chronology; Ussher: AD 52. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.