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The chapters listed below are exegeted word-by-word, verse-by-verse.
This document has been updated September 1, 2022. So far, there are 839 pages in the chapter-by-chapter commentary (this is 1Thessalonians 1–5 + 2Thessalonians 1–3).
So far, the first drafts of 1Thessalonians 1–5 and 2Thessalonians 1–3 have been done. I have not done the introduction to these books yet.
These files can also be accessed individually via the links below or from within the Thessalonians folder: http://kukis.org/Thessalonians/
I also send out a weekly study in Thessalonians, which files may be found here (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) (folder). I have not yet begun to produce these weekly lessons.
If you download the *.wpd document (s), they will download with the *.htm extension (don’t ask me why); you must change this extension and they will become normal WP documents in every respect. At some point in time, everything found in these weekly studies will be transferred over to the chapter-by-chapter studies. The weekly studies are designed for the average Bible student. The chapter-by-chapter studies (like those listed below) are designed for research (pastor teachers, commentators, missionaries, Sunday School teachers).
To help you distinguish between the two tracks of study which I have done in the book of Thessalonians. At some point, I will produce a reduced sized commentary for the book of Thessalonians as well. |
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The weekly lessons for Thessalonians have not yet been started. They will start as soon as I complete the books of Luke and Acts. At that time, I will also put together an abbreviated study of Thessalonians as well. |
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Weekly Lessons/Study |
Chapter Study |
These are sent out by email once a week to those who request them. |
These lessons are organized by chapter and posted on my website only. |
The lessons are 4–5 pages each and designed to be read at one sitting. |
In its finished form a single chapter may be anywhere from 100–600 pages long. |
Designed for the average believer, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers. |
Designed for research for pastors, other commentators, seminary students, evangelists, and Sunday school teachers. The document is designed to make it easy to find specific verses and sections. |
Even though these are less extensive than the chapter studies, these lessons are by no means dumbed down. Every 25 lessons or so are bundled up and posted on my website into groups of 100 lessons each. |
Once a chapter has been completed in the weekly lessons, all of those notes are transferred into the chapter-by-chapter studies. A completed chapter study has each verse exegeted word-by-word; with 3 original translations, original commentary, and well-organized groups of other translations (culled out from about 100 translations). I have begun to include some commentary from a handful of commentators. |
Thessalonians 1 in these weekly lessons is 186 pages long, broken down into 38 lessons. |
Thessalonians 1 in the chapter study is 566 pages long and designed to be easily navigated. |
Located in this folder: |
Located in this folder: |
Links: |
Links: |
These lessons are sent out weekly by email to anyone who requests them. |
Most of the links in this document (Thessalonians Links) are the chapter links. |
The weekly lessons for Thessalonians have not yet been started. At this point, there are only the chapter by chapter studies and these are the first draft form of the studies. |
Everything found in the weekly lessons is eventually transferred into the chapter studies (whenever I complete a chapter). |
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I have included 2 Completion Charts, and these are very much for my own benefit so that I can see what I have completed and what I still need to work on. The asterisk (*) indicates that some additional commentary has been added in. |
Chapter |
Basic exegesis, 3 original translations, original commentary, additional translations |
3 original translations rechecked, additional commentary, chapter outline, sometimes artwork |
100 additional translations consulted, additional commentary |
Commentary from weekly lessons integrated back in |
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Introduction |
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1 |
Paul Greets and Compliments the Thessalonians |
X |
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2 |
Paul Evangelized the Thessalonians with Good Results |
X |
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3 |
A Report: the Thessalonians are Strong in Faith and Love |
X |
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4 |
Practical Christian Living Principles/Exit Resurrection |
X |
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5 |
The Day of the Lord/Final Instructions |
X |
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*Additional commentary from external sources added. |
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The Book of 2Thessalonians |
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Title |
Basic exegesis, 3 original translations, original commentary, additional translations |
3 original translations rechecked, additional commentary, chapter outline, sometimes artwork |
100 additional translations consulted, additional commentary |
Commentary from weekly lessons integrated back in |
Introduction |
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Greetings/the Rapture/the Second Advent of Christ |
X |
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The Day of the Lord |
X |
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3 |
Praying for One Another/The Believer is not to be Idle |
X |
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*Additional commentary from external sources added. |
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Thessalonians Introduction |
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Thessalonians Introduction |
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It is not unusual for a chapter in Thessalonians to run 400+ pages. Therefore, it may take longer for them to load in your computer’s memory. If memory is a problem, go to the HTML documents, which are much smaller by comparison. And in any case, you are always welcome to download the material for study.
Although the Word Perfect documents load up and show as *.wpd documents; when downloaded, the extension changes to *.htm (don’t ask me why). Just change the extension using Windows Explorer or some other file management program. If the WP document is saved as a zip file, then you would just download it and unzip it.
Thessalonians Introduction |
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For whatever reason, when you download a WPD from my site, it will have an HTM extension. When you manually change the extension to *.wpd, it will behave exactly as a WordPerfect document. The WPD files which are stored as zip files don’t require anything other than downloading and unzipping. If you download these files, check the dates and download the latest version.
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Although I would love to consult other commentators sometime in the future, Thessalonians 1 & 2 may represent just how far I am able to go in those chapters of Thessalonians (I may not have time to round it out by referencing other commentators).
For the few of you who use WordPerfect (which is the original format of my work), if you download one of my chapters as a *.wpd file, the extension will change into *.htm. On your computer, manually change it back to a *.wpd file (using whatever file manager you use), and it will behave exactly like a WordPerfect document. I cannot explain why this happens.
Chapter |
Chapter Title |
Completion |
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Intro |
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1Thess 1 |
Paul Greets and Compliments the Thessalonians |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
79 |
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1Thess 2 |
Paul Evangelized the Thessalonians with Good Results |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
134 |
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1Thess 3 |
A Report: the Thessalonians are Strong in Faith and Love |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
87 |
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1Thess 4 |
Practical Christian Living Principles/Exit Resurrection |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
109 |
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1Thess 5 |
The Day of the Lord/Final Instructions |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
135 |
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Intro |
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2Thess 1 |
Greetings/the Rapture/the Second Advent of Christ |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
78 |
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2Thess 2 |
The Day of the Lord |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
119 |
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2Thess 3 |
Praying for One Another/The Believer is not to be Idle |
60 translations consulted; 3 full translations from the original languages done; entire Greek exegesis recorded; basic commentary recorded. |
98 |
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Total Pages |
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839 |
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Additional resources:
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Series |
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Ken Reed |
https://www.lakeeriebiblechurch.org/download/2nd-thessalonians/ |
2Thessalonians 1–3 |
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Jeremy Thomas |
https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_series.asp?sourceid=fbgbible |
2Thessalonians 1–3 |
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Grace Notes |
https://www.gracenotes.info/12thessalonians/12thessalonians.shtml (Dr. Grant C. Richison) |
2Thessalonians 1–3 |
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Benjamin Brodie |
https://www.versebyverse.com/uploads/1/0/1/0/101034580/2_thessalonians_expanded_translation.pdf |
2Thessalonians 1–3 (translation only) |
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Syndein |
http://syndein.com/II_Thessalonians.html (Basic notes mostly from R. B. Thieme, Jr.) |
2Thessalonians 1–3 |
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R. B. Thieme, Jr. also taught this series. His work may be found at: