First Epistle to the Thessalonians

Fragments showing 1 Thessalonians 1:3–2:1 and 2:6–13 on Papyrus 65, from the third century.

The First Epistle to the Thessalonians^[a] is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle, and is addressed to the church in Thessalonica, in modern-day Greece. It is likely among the first of Paul's letters, probably written by the end of AD 52,^[3] in the reign of Claudius although some scholars believe the Epistle to the Galatians may have been written by AD 48.^[4] The original language is Koine Greek.

^ ESV Pew Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. 2018. p. 986. ISBN 978-1-4335-6343-0. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021.
^ "Bible Book Abbreviations". Logos Bible Software. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
^ Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament, Anchor Bible, 1997. pp. 456–66.
^ Powell, Mark Allan (2018). Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary and Theological Survey (2nd ed.). Baker Academic. ISBN 978-1-49341313-3.

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[1] ESV Pew Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway. 2018. p. 986. ISBN 978-1-4335-6343-0. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021.

[2] "Bible Book Abbreviations". Logos Bible Software. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

[Brown-4] Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament, Anchor Bible, 1997. pp. 456–66.

[5] Powell, Mark Allan (2018). Introducing the New Testament: A Historical, Literary and Theological Survey (2nd ed.). Baker Academic. ISBN 978-1-49341313-3.

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