The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

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At a Glance

Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς Βʹ (Pros Thessalonikeis B — "To the Thessalonians II") — Pauline epistle to the church

Chapters	Chiasms	Intertextuality	Trajectories	Themes
3	4	10	5	2

Theme: Day of the Lord—correction about timing, the man of lawlessness.

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Literary patterns revealing theological emphasis

Chiasm	Span	Center/Turning Point
2 Thessalonians 01:1 - 12	2 01:1-12	Lord Jesus Christ, glory (8-10)
2 Thessalonians 02:1 - 15	2 02:1-15	For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: (7)
2 Thessalonians 02:16 - 03:05	2 02:16-03:05	v. 1
2 Thessalonians 03:6 - 12	2 03:6-12	to follow us (9)

Typological studies tracing themes to Christ

#	Trajectory	What It Traces
029	Church as Israel — New Covenant People	The promises of offspring and blessing to Abraham, kept in Christ the true Israel and His multiethnic people.
048	Eden as Temple — Original Sanctuary	The garden where God walked with man, a line of Presence deepening until the whole new creation is His sanctuary.
109	New Jerusalem — Ultimate Temple-City	God dwelling with man from Eden's garden to Zion, a thread arriving at the city where He is the temple.
110	New Moons — Renewal and Rest	The monthly trumpet blast re-consecrating Israel's calendar, a shadow whose substance belongs to Christ.
152	Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding	The Spirit who filled Bezalel and the elders, promised sevenfold to Jesse's Branch and resting on Christ.