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First Point

God wants to entirely sanctify you,

1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 (NASB95)

Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.

1, 2 Thessalonians (4) The Cynical and the Gullible (5:19–22)

The shift to positive statements and the presence of a de (“but,” RSV) in the text at this point139 marks the beginning of statements intended to balance out vv. 19–20. Rather than stifle the Spirit by the contemptuous rejection of the prophetic word, the church should give prophecy a careful hearing. However, Paul did