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Time after Pentecost · Proper 27 · Year C

2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 13-17

Stand Firm and Hold Fast

November 12, 2028

The Great Day of His Wrath, John Martin
The Great Day of His Wrath, John Martin, 1851–1853Tate Britain, London
The last of three enormous apocalypse canvases that toured Britain and America as a paying show for thirty years. Martin collapses whole cities into a chasm, lit by lightning.2 Peter says the elements will be dissolved with fire, and Martin is the painter who took that literally and at scale.John MartinAn English painter of catastrophes on an enormous scale, hugely popular with the public and despised by Ruskin, whose shows toured for decades.Tate Britain, LondonThe national collection of British art from 1500, on Millbank, including the Turner Bequest of nearly thirty thousand works the artist left to the nation.Tate Britain, London
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 20:27-40Lk 20:27-40
Epistle2 Thess. 2:1-8, 13-172 Thes 2:1-8, 13-17
Old TestamentExod. 3:1-15Ex 3:1-15
PsalterPs. 148Ps 148

Overview & Insights

"Stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by us." (2 Thessalonians 2:15)

Paul urges the Thessalonians not to be shaken by rumors that the day of the Lord has already come, and gives thanks that God chose them for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying work and belief in the truth.

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Commentary

2 Thessalonians 2 Commentary2 Thes 2 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks verse by verse through Paul's correction about the day of the Lord.

2 Thessalonians 2 Commentary2 Thes 2 Commentary Precept Austin

Gathers verse-by-verse notes and outside sermons on the man of lawlessness passage.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Commentaries2 Thes 2:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Stacks multiple classic commentators on the opening verse of the chapter.

2 Thessalonians 2 (Barnes' Notes)2 Thes 2 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight

Offers a close reading of Paul's teaching on the rebellion and the lawless one.

Commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17Commentary on 2 Thes 2:1-5, 13-17 Working Preacher

The site's single Lutheran voice, framing the passage as a call to stand firm rather than chase end-times speculation.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Interlinear2 Thes 2:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Lets you check the underlying Greek of the chapter's opening verse.

The Church Fathers

2 Thessalonians 2 Catena2 Thes 2 Catena Catena

Collects patristic comments verse by verse across the chapter.

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