2 THESSALONIANS 2:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,”
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers — the parousia (parousia) and the rapture (episynagōgē) are the matters at hand. The terminology mirrors 1 Thessalonians 4:17, reassuring the community.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 2:1
When the Resurrection will be, he has not said, but that it will not be now, he has said. “And our gathering together unto Him.” This also is no little matter. See how the exhortation also is again accompanied with commendation and encouragement, in that He and all the Saints will certainly appear with us. Here he is discoursing concerning the resurrection and our gathering together. For these things will happen at the same time. He raises up their minds. “That you be not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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