Tag: hope of Christ’s return

• Finishing the Course — 2 Timothy 4:7–8

  

  2 Timothy 4:7–8 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.…

  John Becker

  March 4, 2026

  2 Timothy

  crown of righteousness, Faithfulness, finishing the race, hope of Christ’s return, perseverance

• Background to 1 & 2 Thessalonians

  

  Along with Galatians, First Thessalonians is one of the earliest of Paul’s letters, written roughly twenty years after the Resurrection of Jesus. It was addressed to believers in Thessalonica, a prominent city of about two hundred thousand people in Paul’s day, known today as Thessaloniki. After his remarkable deliverance from prison in Philippi (Acts 16),…

  John Becker

  March 1, 2026

  1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians

  1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, early church letters, hope of Christ’s return, Pauline epistles