Outline of 2 Thessalonians: Stand firm: the day has not come

Comfort for the persecuted: Christ will judge justly at His revealing; the lawless one comes before the day, so stand firm and keep working.

3 parts9 movements3 chapters16 sections

Part 1 · Comfort: the justice of His revealing 1:1–12

Paul thanks God for their growth under persecution and assures them that at Christ's revealing God will give relief and judge justly.

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2 Thessalonians 1: When the Lord Jesus is revealed
Their growing faith under persecution shows God is just: at Christ's revealing He will give relief and judge their foes.
In God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 1:1–2 · Your faith is growing more and more 1:3–4 · Revealed from heaven in blazing fire 1:5–10 · Worthy of His calling 1:11–12

Greeting and thanks: their faith and love keep growing, and Paul boasts of their endurance.

When Jesus is revealed in fire with His angels, the afflicted find relief and the afflicters judgment.

Paul prays that God will make them worthy and complete their work, to the glory of Jesus' name.

The Lord's coming has not happened: the rebellion and the lawless one come first, and Christ destroys him; God's chosen stand firm.

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2 Thessalonians 2: The day has not come
The day of the Lord has not come: the rebellion and the lawless one come first, and the Lord will destroy him.
Not to be easily disconcerted 2:1–2 · The man of lawlessness 2:3–4 · What is now restraining him 2:5–7 · The breath of His mouth 2:8–12 · God chose you from the beginning 2:13–15 · Eternal comfort and good hope 2:16–17

Do not be shaken by any spirit, word or letter claiming that the day of the Lord has come.

First the rebellion and the lawless one, now restrained; the Lord will destroy him, and the deceived perish.

God chose and called them to glory; so stand firm in the teaching, and may the Lord strengthen you.

Pray for the word's progress, trust the faithful Lord, keep away from the idle and warn them as brothers, and receive Paul's signed farewell.

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2 Thessalonians 3: Do not grow weary in well-doing
Pray for the word's progress; the Lord is faithful. Keep away from the idle: work quietly and earn your own bread.
That the word of the Lord may spread 3:1–2 · The Lord is faithful 3:3–5 · If anyone is unwilling to work 3:6–10 · Working quietly to earn their own living 3:11–13 · Admonish him as a brother 3:14–15 · In my own hand 3:16–18

Pray for the word and for deliverance; the faithful Lord will guard you; may He direct your hearts.

Keep away from the idle, follow the apostles' example of work, and warn the disobedient as a brother.

Peace from the Lord of peace, Paul's own signature, and grace for all.

The 16 section notes, one for every section of 2 Thessalonians
How each of its 9 movements leads into the next, in its own words
The shape of 2 Thessalonians: 4 repeated words and phrases and 2 literary patterns

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