Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
    The background of 2nd Thessalonians is almost the same as that of his first epistle to them. Paul was still in Corinth and had received a report about the church’s condition and their reception of his first letter. Through what channel the report came, and whether oral or written, we don’t know, but its content prompted him to write 2 Thessalonians.