- "Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?"
Paul believed that those alive in 49 CE would live to see Jesus come.
2:19
- "We told you before that we should
suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass." Paul thought that the tribulation that he believed would
precede Jesus' coming had
already passed.
3:4
- Paul expected Jesus to return within the lifetime of his followers.
3:13
- Paul thought he would live to see the rapture.
4:15
- Paul prays that the Thessalonians will be good until Jesus returns,
implying that he expected this to happen within their lifetimes.
5:23