In this portion of scripture, we're seeing people go through some very costly suffering as a result of following Christ and these were the early days of some outpourings of persecutions that would continue to grow in the church in the uh centuries to come.

The church is also facing in addition to that, false teaching from within and they're confused about a number of things. Then to top everything else off, they're looking forward to this hope that Paul talked about, this eternity and glory, the promises of the inheritance of Christ and all the things that come with ruling and reigning with Christ but because of the brevity of his initial visit they don't have a handle on that.

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Blessings,