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It is a bit silly to bring the quotation from the letter to Thessalonians under this headline. This was written by a Jew (Saulus = St Paul) to a young church which at that time consisted still largely (or with a big percentage) of Jewish believers in Christ. The unfriendly mention of "Jews" was written in a context when the Jewish synagogues reacted sharply against the new group of "Christians" in their midst and on their frings whom they regarded as heretics or apostates. That was an unfriendly climate on both sides. These words became problematic centuries later when Christians had become a majority and state authority used the religion to force unity suppressing minorities, like traditional religionists ("heathen") and Jews. Kipala (talk) 20:39, 2 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
