1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Two of the shortest verses in the Bible are 1 Thess. 5:16&amp;nbsp;and 17: “Rejoice&amp;nbsp;always, pray without&amp;nbsp;ceasing”&amp;nbsp;(NRSV).&amp;nbsp;Dr. Jeff Peterson argues that that these&amp;nbsp;verses&amp;nbsp;are directed to leaders&amp;nbsp;of the Thessalonian church, along with all of vv. 14-22, and he zeroes in on the Greek adverb translated&amp;nbsp;“without&amp;nbsp;ceasing.”&amp;nbsp;Concretely, what was&amp;nbsp;Paul&amp;nbsp;asking the recipients of his letter to do? Dr. Jeff Peterson is Professor of New Testament at Harding School of Theology, Harding University. His publications include (co-editor),&amp;nbsp;Marcan Priority Without Q: Explorations in the Farrer Hypothesis. Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/3NUCXJ0&amp;nbsp; M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/4diWywK&amp;nbsp; Exegetically Speaking http://exegeticallyspeaking.libsyn.com/website <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40623935/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/40623935