Appreciation and Exhortation (2 Thess. 2:13-16)
Paul here indicates the importance of consistent appreciation of other believers when he states that one of the obligations that he and his friends Silas and Timothy had was to give thanks to God for the faithful believers in Thessalonica. The reason in their case was obvious because, as he goes on to say, the Thessalonians had been converted through the gospel ministry of Paul and his friends when in the city a few months previously. Paul spells out what has happened to the Thessalonians, which is a reminder that our thanksgiving should be intelligent from a spiritual point of view. The description of believers The first thing that we can observe about the description is Paul’s desire to focus on the Trinity. He writes that the Thessalonians were loved by the Lord Jesus, chosen by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit. Obviously, he could have said different things in connection to each of the divine Persons, but the point to observe is that he brought each of them into his