Chapter Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
S E C O N D
T H E S S A L O N I A N S.
CHAP. II.
The apostle is very careful to hinder the spreading of an error into which some among them had fallen concerning the coming of Christ, as being very near, 2 Thessalonians 2:1 - 3 . Then he proceeds to confute the error he cautioned them against, by telling them of two great events that were antecedent to the coming of Christ--a general apostasy, and the revelation of antichrist, concerning whom the apostle tells them many remarkable things, about his name, his character, his rise, his fall, his reign, and the sin and ruin of his subjects, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 - 12 . He then comforts them against the terror of this apostasy, and exhorts them to stedfastness, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 15 . And concludes with a prayer for them, 2 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:17 .
Book Note Matthew Henry Commentary (Complete)
AN
EXPOSITION,
W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,
OF THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE
T H E S S A L O N I A N S.
T HIS Second Epistle was written soon after the former, and seems to have been designed to prevent a mistake, which might arise from some passages in the former epistle, concerning the second coming of Christ, as if it were near at hand. The apostle in this epistle is careful to prevent any wrong use which some among them might make of those expressions of his that were agreeable to the dialect of the prophets of the Old Testament, and informs them that there were many intermediate counsels yet to be fulfilled before that day of the Lord should come, though, because it is sure, he had spoken of it as near. There are other things that he writes about for their consolation under sufferings, and exhortation and direction in duty.
