How long was Paul in Thessalonica, and what did he write in chapter 2 of that letter?
Paul was in Thessalonica only a very short period of time. In chapter 2 of that letter, he wrote that the Thessalonians knew these things, because he had covered the whole gamut from the rudimentary to the very deep things.
Les explains that Paul was up in Thessalonica just a very short period of time, yet in chapter 2 of that letter he wrote, "you know these things." The reason was that Paul had covered the whole gamut from the rudimentary to the very deep things. This contrasts with the Corinthians, to whom Paul said he could not speak as unto spiritual but as unto carnal, because they had not gone into the deep things. Les reflects on the Thessalonians as an example of a church quickly grounded in the full range of truth.