Reading for August 3rd

Read 1 Thessalonians 1.1 Opening.
A typical greeting, although written in an extremely simple form (see Phil 1.1-2).
In verse 1 Silvanus, Latin form of Silas, one of Paul's companions (Acts 15.22, 40; 17.4).
Timothy, one of Paul's emissaries and a traveling companion (Rom 16.21; 1 Cor 4.17;
16.10; Phil 2.19).
Grace and peace, likely a variation of the Jewish "mercy and peace" (see 2 Baruch 78.2,
a late Jewish apocryphal writing, probably from the first century CE).
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