Instruction
Please write 600 Exegesis words on 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 the question being - Give an exegesis and interpretation of one of the following texts. In your answer, pay attention to literary features (such as structure, keywords, what precedes and follows the passage), background information (historical or cultural) that helps us to understand the text, the theological dimension of Paul’s argument (what it asserts about God / the world / the Church / humanity), and how the text can be read today in a meaningful and hopeful way. Please only source from the Bible , Mark Allan Powell, Introducing the New Testament. A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey (Grand Rapids MI: Baker Academic, 2018), 387-401 and Michael J. Gorman, Reading Paul (Paternoster