First Thessalonians 1-3

In the first chapter we find the Thessalonians waiting for the Son of God from heaven. In the second chapter, though unable to visit them, the Apostle has this confidence that they would be his joy and crown of boasting before the Lord Jesus at His coming.
In the third chapter, having heard the report from Timotheus (1 Thess. 3:6) and having been duly comforted by their faith, he prays, “The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints” (1 Thess. 3:12-13). Here the Lord’s appearing with all his saints is spoken of.