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Why Did Paul Change In II Thessalonians

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If you just told someone something very important you would expect them to to remember it if just for a very brief time. It is this very thought that concerns many scholars with the authenticity of II Thessalonians as a true Pauline work (Harris, 2014). It is argued that if Paul truly wrote the second work why would he repeat so much of what he just said. More specifically why would he change so drastically his stance concerning the return of Christ. In his earlier work he specifically tells the believers that the Parousia is very near. In II Thessalonians he all of a sudden tells the same audience that certain things have to transpire before the return. The drastic difference found between the two works has led some scholars to believe it

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