Those unwilling to work shouldn't eat
Opposition to some kind of Jewish mystical philosophy
Heavy use of family language and metaphors
The Man of Lawlessness and the Restrainer
Seems to be patterned on Colossians
Realized eschatology
Realized Eschatology
Letter intended to comfort and encourage readers who are facing persecution
Putting on the "whole armor of God" to defend against spiritual, cosmic powers
Pauline authorship is disputed
Letter opposes the idea that the end has already come
concerned with the teaching of sound doctrine (opposing the false teachers)
Detailed qualifications for the offices of bishop and deacon
Passage about meeting Jesus in the clouds (Parusia)
Household code
Accommodations made to the values of Greco-Roman society so that the church might lead a "quiet peaceable life"
Thessalonians are concerned about those who have died
Thought by most to be pseudonymous
It is one of the "Pastoral Epistles"
Unity of Jew and gentile in the church
Thought to be earliest document in NT
The cosmic supremacy of Christ
Contains a household code
