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SECOND
THESSALONIANS CHAPTER TWO
OBSERVATIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The purpose
of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand in
accordance with the framework in which it was written: a framework
which is defined by the normative rules of language, context and logic
- rules which do not impose undue, unintended meanings to the text 
,
and which largely limit the observer to the content offered by Paul's
second epistle to the Thessalonians and his other writings. In order
for any
passage from elsewhere to be considered, it must have a relationship
with the context at hand, such as a Scriptural quotation or a specific
cross reference in the passage at hand by the author. This will serve
to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere; and more importantly,
it will provide the framework for a proper and objective comparison
with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in view.
Note that information on manuscript evidence is from "THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT AND TRANSLATION COMMENTARY," by Philip W. Comfort, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc, Carol Stream, IL.
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TWO
[Compare Excerpt From Expositor's Bible Commentary On 2 Thes 1:6-10]:
[Compare Excerpt From
Bible
Knowledge Commentary On 2 Thes 1:6-10]:
[(2 Thes 1:12)
Manuscript
Evidence For 2 Thes 1:12]:
[(2 Thes 1:11-12)
Commentary]:
[(2 Thes 1:11-12)
Compare Rev
22:20]:
[(2 Thes 1:11-12) Compare Excerpt From Bible Knowledge Commentary]:
[(2 Thes 1:11-12)
Compare
Excerpt From Expositors' Bible Commentary]:
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1) [(2 Thes 2:2)
Manuscript
Evidence For 2 Thes 2:2)]:
2) [(2 Thes 2:1-2) Commentary On 2 Thes 2:1-2]:
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THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAY OF
THE LORD IN GENERAL
[Renald
E. Showers,
'MARANATHA, OUR
LORD, COME!, Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, Bellmawr, N.J., 1995,
op. cit., pp. 30-39]:
THE DAY OF THE LORD IN
THE
FUTURE
THE FUTURE DAY OF THE LORD: WRATH THEN BLESSING
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2 cont) [(2 Thes 2:1-2) Commentary On 2 Thes 2:1-2 (cont.)]:
a) [(2 Thes 2:1-2) Bible Knowledge Commentary On 2 Thes 2:1-2]:b) [(2 Thes 2:1-2)
Expositor's
Commentary On 2 Thes 2:1-2]:
1) [(2 Thes 2:3)
Manuscript
Evidence For 2 Thes 2:3)]:
2) [(2 Thes 2:4)
Manuscript
Evidence For 2 Thes 2:4)]:
3) [(2 Thes 2:3-4)
Commentary On 2
Thes 2:3-4]:
3 cont.) [(1 Thes 2:3-4)
Commentary On 1 Thes 2:3-4, cont.]:
3 cont.) [(2 Thes 2:1-4)
Commentary On 1 Thes 2:3-4, cont.]:
d) [(2 Thes 2:3-4) BKC Commentary On 2 Thes 2:3-4]:
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e) [(2 Thes 2:3-4)
Expositor's
Bible Commentary On 2 Thes 2:3-4]:
1) [(2 Thes 2:1-7)
Commentary On 2
Thes 2:5-7]:
c) [(2 Thes 2:1-7) Bible
Knowledge
Commentary On 2 Thes 2:5-7]:
2) [(2 Thes 2:8b) Manuscript Evidence For 2 Thes 2:8b]:
3) [(2 Thes 2:8-10)
Commentary On
2 Thes 2:8-10]:
c)
Compare Dan 11:36-45
and parallel passages from Mt 24 ]:
3 cont.) [(2 Thes
2:8-10)
Commentary On 2 Thes 2:8-10, cont.]:
1) [(2 Thes 2:11)
Manuscript Evidence Of 2 Thes 2:11]:
2) [(2 Thes 2:8-12) Commentary On 2 Thes 2:11-12]:
b) [(2 Thes 2:11-12)
[Compare BKC Commentary on 2 Thes 2:11-12]:
1) [(2 Thes 2:13) Manuscript Evidence For 2 Thes 2:13]:
2) [(2 Thes 2:1-12, 13-17) Commentary On 2 Thes 2:13-17]:
c) [(2 Thes 2:13-17) BKC Commentary On 2 Thes 2:13-17]:
d) [(2 Thes 2:13-17) Expositor's Commentary On 2 Thes 2:13-17]: