Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you
In the first chapter of 2 Thessalonians, Paul stresses the same point and further discusses the benefits of being a faithful child of God and the consequences of one who is not. One of the primary reasons for the writing of this epistle was that many had misunderstood Paul’s earlier teaching concerning when the Lord would return. They thought it was soon, very soon, so he wrote this epistle to let them know it would be a while and that certain things must take place first. This chapter is devoted to that subject.