After the return of Timothy from Macedonia, Paul with the same Timothy and Silvanus (or Silas) wrote the first epistle…
After the return of Timothy from Macedonia, Paul with the same Timothy and Silvanus (or Silas) wrote the first epistle to the Thessalonians. (1TH 3:6) He wrote some difficult things concerning the day of judgment as if it were now at hand. (1TH 1:1-5) He wrote later another epistle to them where he more clearly expounded that matter. (2TH 2:2,3) This was written when he had Silvanus and Timothy as his companions in the ministry of the gospel (1TH 1:1) and after he had been with the Thessalonians and they had embraced the faith of Christ. (2TH 2:5) Grotius was extremely mistaken when he thought that it was written under Caius Caligula.