Transcriber's Note: An advertisement for the Expositor's Bible series has been moved to the end of the text. The start of each chapter extends over several pages in the original. These have been simplified. Small capitals have been rendered in ordinary capitals. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Apparent punctuation errors, and a small number of apparent spelling errors (both English and Greek) have been corrected. Hyphenation has been rationalised. The Expositor's Bible Edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, D.D., LL.D. THE EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS BY THE REV. JAMES DENNEY, B.D. HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY CONTENTS. _THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS._ PAGE I. THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS 3 II. THE THANKSGIVING 21 III. THE SIGNS OF ELECTION 37 IV. CONVERSION 53 V. APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA 69 VI. IMPEACHMENT OF THE JEWS 83 VII. ABSENCE AND LONGING 99 VIII. LOVE AND PRAYERS 117 IX. PERSONAL PURITY 135 X. CHARITY AND INDEPENDENCE 151 XI. THE DEAD IN CHRIST 169 XII. THE DAY OF THE LORD 185 XIII. RULERS AND RULED 201 XIV. THE STANDING ORDERS OF THE GOSPEL 217 XV. THE SPIRIT 233 XVI. CONCLUSION 251 _THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS._ I. SALUTATION AND THANKSGIVING 271 II. SUFFERING AND GLORY 289 III. THE MAN OF SIN 305 IV. THE RESTRAINT AND ITS REMOVAL 323 V. THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL 341 VI. MUTUAL INTERCESSION 359 VII. THE CHRISTIAN WORTH OF LABOUR 375 VIII. FAREWELL 391 I. THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS.