2 Tesalonika 1:3
Konteks1:3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, 1 and rightly so, 2 because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
2 Tesalonika 2:4
Konteks2:4 He 3 opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat 4 in God’s temple, displaying himself as God. 5
2 Tesalonika 2:9
Konteks2:9 The arrival of the lawless one 6 will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles 7 and signs and false wonders,
2 Tesalonika 3:3
Konteks3:3 But the Lord is faithful, and he 8 will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
2 Tesalonika 3:17
Konteks3:17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter. 9
[1:3] 1 tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).
[1:3] 2 tn Grk “as is worthy.”
[2:4] 3 tn Grk “the one who opposes,” describing the figure in v. 3. A new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the personal pronoun (“he”) and translating the participle ἀντικείμενος (antikeimeno") as a finite verb.
[2:4] 4 sn Allusions to Isa 14:13-14; Dan 11:36; Ezek 28:2-9 respectively.
[2:4] 5 tn Grk “that he is God.”
[2:9] 6 tn Grk “whose coming,” referring to the lawless one. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek construction, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
[2:9] 7 tn Grk “every miracle.”
[3:17] 9 tn Grk “The greeting in my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter, thus I write.”
[3:17] sn Up to 3:17 the letter was dictated by Paul but written down by a secretary or amanuensis. But Paul took up the pen and wrote vv. 17-18 personally to authenticate that it was his (how I write in every letter). See similar indications in 1 Cor 16:21; Gal 6:11; and Col 4:18.
