letters of Paul to the Thessalonians  letters of Paul to the
Thessalonians, two New Testament letters written by Paul from
Corinth, Greece, about ad 50 and addressed to the Christian
community he had founded in Macedonia.  The first letter was
written after Timothy, his co-worker, returned from Thessalonia
to report that the new converts had stood fast in the Lord
despite persecution. Apparently to refute slanderous charges
that he used guile and flattery to gain converts, Paul points
out that the Thessalonians themselves were eyewitnesses to his
“holy and righteous and blameless” behaviour (2:10). He likewise
calls attention to the fact that he worked night and day so as
not to burden anyone. In answer to a question that disturbed the
community, Paul explained that everyone, both the living and the
dead, will share Christ’s Resurrection at the time of his Second
Coming.  The second letter was written shortly after the first,
but some question Pauline authorship because there is notable
ambiguity about the pr