Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
    Chapter 4. Paul emphasized the necessity of boldness in life (4:1-8) and exhorted them to brotherly love (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10). Beginning with vs. 13 he instructs them concerning the second coming of Christ and those dead in the Lord and exhorts them "to comfort one another with these words."