Paul's letters
2 Thessalonians
A follow-up to the Thessalonians about the day of the Lord and steady, diligent living.
Written a few months after the first letter from Corinth, to correct a false report that the day of the Lord had already come (2 Thessalonians 2:1–3).
Written at: Corinth (Acts 18:1–11)
Kinds of writing
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Key verses
The rebellion comes first. Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 (World English Bible)
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On the timeline
Paul writes 1 and 2 Thessalonians from Corinth
Dating notes
Conventional chronology. The span is an estimate; Scripture doesn’t say when the book was written.