text: It is also sometimes suggested that 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11 is a post-Pauline insertion that has many features of Lukan language and theology that serves as an apologetic correction to Paul's imminent expectation of the Second Coming in 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. Some scholars, such as Schmithals, Eckhart, Demke and Munro, have developed complicated theories involving redaction and interpolation in 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
  Contents
  Outline
  Salutation and thanksgiving
  Past interactions with the church
  Regarding Timothy's visit
  Specific issues within the church
  Relationships among Christians
  Mourning those who have died
  Preparing for God's arrival
  How Christians should behave
  Closing salutation
  Text
  Paul, speaking for himself, Silas, and Timothy, gives thanks for the news about their faith and love; he reminds them of the kind of life he had lived while he was with them. Paul stresses how honorably he conducted himself, reminding them that he had worked to earn his keep, taking great pains not to burden anyone. He did this, he says, even though he could have used his status as an apostle to impose upon them.
  Paul goes on to explain that the dead will be resurrected prior to those still living, and both groups will greet the Lord in the air.