Reading Colossians, Ephesians, and 2 Thessalonians

by Thurston, Bonnie B.

• ISBN13: 9780824514754
• ISBN10: 0824514750
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-05-01
• Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co

Summary

This guide does not follow the verse-by-verse method of traditional commentaries. It focuses on the "big picture" and the gospels' relationship to the understanding of the early Christian communities.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	ix
Author's Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Colossians	1	(72)
Introduction	3	(6)
The Salutation, Thanksgiving, and Prayer (Colossians 1:1-12)	9	(9)
The Sufficiency of Christ (Colossians 1:13-23)	18	(12)
The Ministry of Paul (Colossians 1:24-2:5)	30	(7)
The Problem at Colossae (Colossians 2:6-23)	37	(11)
The Parenesis (Colossians 3:1-4:6)	48	(17)
The Greetings and Closing (Colossians 4:7-18)	65	(8)
Deutero-Pauline Christianity	73	(6)
Ephesians	79	(76)
Introduction	81	(10)
The Salutation, Blessing, and Prayer of Thanksgiving (Ephesians 1:1-23)	91	(12)
The Church in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:1-22)	103	(9)
The Mystery of God's Plan (Ephesians 3:1-21)	112	(10)
The Parenesis (Ephesians 4:1-6:20)	122	(29)
The Closing (Ephesians 6:21-24)	151	(4)
Thessalonians	155	(41)
Introduction	157	(8)
The Opening (2 Thessalonians 1:1-2)	165	(2)
The Thanksgiving and Prayer (2 Thessalonians 1:3-4; 1:11-12)	167	(3)
``The Righteous Judgment of God'' (2 Thessalonians 1:5-10)	170	(5)
``The Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ'' (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12)	175	(7)
The Thanksgiving and Prayer (2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5)	182	(6)
``Believers Who Are Living in Idleness'' (2 Thessalonians 3:6-16)	188	(8)
The Closing (2 Thessalonians 3:17-18)	196