Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
It is against the above background of other New Testament teachings on this subject that Paul's words in this passage can best be understood; and, as Dummelow said, "It will be convenient to treat this difficult passage  (2 Thessalonians 2:3-10) as a whole."[13] Paul's words are: