The promise of future glory had two important functions: (a) it motivated them to greater obedience (1 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Thessalonians 5:6–10), and (b) it comforted them in the midst of their suffering (1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13).
The promise of future glory had two important functions: (a) it motivated them to greater obedience (1 Thessalonians 2:12 1 Thessalonians 5:6–10), and (b) it comforted them in the midst of their suffering (1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:13).
10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.