Join our St. John the Baptist Bible Study, as we continue our journey through St. Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians with the third chapter. In this session, we reflect on Paul’s deep pastoral concern for the strengthening of the faithful, the role of encouragement and steadfastness in times of trial, and how we are called to abound in love for one another as we are established in holiness before God.
If any of these topics interest you, be sure to stream this week’s session.
Orthros begins every Sunday at 8:30 a.m., followed by Divine Liturgy at approximately 9:45 a.m.
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Sources used in this study:
Contemporary
The First and Second Letters to the Thessalonians (New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT)) [Link]
Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: 1 Thessalonians & 2 Thessalonians
[Link]
Patristics
Homilies on Select Epistles of St. Paul: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, Philemon [Link]
The New Testament Commentaries of Saint Theophylact of Ohrid, Volume 3: An Orthodox Patristic Interpretation of Galatians, Ephesians, … John, Jude (Orthodox Christian Publications) [Link]
Commentary on the Letters of St. Paul, Vol. 2 [Link]
