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Ethical Exhortation

Ethical Exhortation

‎This subsection contains three distinct units: 4:1–2, 4:3–8, and 4:9–12. 

The first contains general parenesis articulating the proposition to be demonstrated in the probate. namely, that the readers know how to conduct themselves in order to please God. The second and third subsections address issues arising in the community.

The social function of this material is twofold: it helps to define the boundaries of the community (that is, what it means to be a Christian) over against the dominant pagan society, while at the same time it helps to develop what Meeks (First Urban Christians, 100) describes as “internal cohesion” within the community.

Wanamaker, Charles A. The Epistles to the Thessalonians: a Commentary on the Greek Text. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1990. Print. New International Greek Testament Commentary.
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