In the intervening years there has been a renewed interest in the Thessalonian correspondence; vigorous discussions have been carried on, and many new books and articles have been written. In responding to requests to bring out a Revised Edition, Leon Morris has not only gone through his entire book, weighing everything he had written; he has also incorporated material from the many significant contributions to Thessalonian studies in recent years, including exegetical works and studies in early Christian sociology.