Jensens survey of the old testament adam 514

each.
3. With the help of outside sources study
the false gnostic philosophy of the rst
centuries, as it appeared in various forms.
IX. OUTLINE

X. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Guthrie, Donald. “Colossians.” In The
New Bible Commentary, pp. 1139-41.
Hiebert, D. Edmond. An Introduction to
the Pauline Epistles, pp. 215-40.


COMMENTARIES
Ellis, E. Earle, “The Epistle to the
Colossians.” In The Wycliffe Bible
Commentary.
Maclaren, Alexander, “The Epistles of St.
Paul to the Colossians and to
Philemon.” In The Expositor’s Bible.
OTHER RELATED SOURCES
Robertson, ?. T. Paul and the Intellectuals.
Vincent, Marvin R. Word Studies in the
New Testament.
1. Laodicea was known as “the metropolis
of the valley,” and Hierapolis, “the sacred
city.”
2. The journey (A.D. 52-55) is recorded in

Acts 18:23—21:17. Read especially 19:10,
26.
3. Karl K. Darrow, Atomic Energy, quoted by
D. Lee Chesnut, The Atom Speaks, p. 67.
4. This was one form of the heresy now
referred to as Gnosticism.


17The Thessalonian Epistles
1 Thessalonians: The Lord Jesus Is Coming
Again
2 Thessalonians: He Has Not Come Yet
Christ’s rst coming to earth was a crucial
event in world history; His second coming
will be the climactic event. He came the rst
time to die and be raised to life. When He
comes again, it will be to gather to Himself
those saved by His death. Paul sums up all
the joys and glories of this ingathering by
saying simply, “And thus we shall always be
with the Lord” (1 Thess. 4:17). It had to be a
thrilling experience for the apostle to write
the Thessalonian letters1 and share such a
message.
Of Paul’s letters, 1 and 2 Thessalonians
focus especially on the theme of Christ’s