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1 Thessalonians |
 The First Epistle to the Thessalonians, also known as the First Letter
to the Thessalonians, is a book from the New Testament of the Christian Bible.
The first letter to the Thessalonians was likely the first of Paul's letters,
probably written by the end of A.D. 52, making it, so far as is now known, the
oldest existent Christian document (almost all scholars hold that the gospels
were written over a decade later). The majority of modern scholars believe Paul
wrote this letter from Corinth, although information appended to this work in
many early manuscripts (e.g. Codices Alexandrinus, Mosquensis, and Angelicus)
state that Paul wrote it in Athens after Timothy had returned from Macedonia,
with news of the state of the church in Thessalonica (Acts 18:1-5; 1 Thes. 3:6).
For the most part, the letter is personal in nature, with only the final two
chapters spent addressing issues of doctrine, almost as an aside. Paul's main
purpose in writing is to encourage and reassure the Christians there. Paul urges
them to go on working quietly while waiting in hope for the return of Christ.
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