Acts 17:1-9 tells us about Paul and Silas in Thessalonica. There were some Jews there for he initially spoke in the synagogue, and a few of them believed. However, a large number of God-fearing Greeks and prominent women believed. There was also much opposition from the Jews. So Paul and Silas had to flee from the city.
Paul probably wrote 1 Thessalonians from Corinth in AD 51. This letter may well be Paul's earliest letter, Galatians being the only other contended.
Thessalonica was an economically active city and the capital of Macedonia.
Paul's primary purpose was to encourage the church, and also to give them instructions on how to live their lives. A new faith meant a new way of life. Both Thessalonian letters have a significant eschatalogical element to them, and is seen by many to be a directing them of the two letters.
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