This episode narrowly focuses on 1 and 2 Thessalonians, noting that while "saints" are not mentioned in the intro, they are referred to in the body of the letter. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 refers to "the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints." This is strong evidence, but not airtight, that Paul was describing "believers." The reason is that "saints" or "holy ones" is sometimes used in reference to angels, as in Jude 14 and Daniel 7:10. Irrefutable evidence that Paul meant believers when he described the Thessalonians as saints occurs in 2 Thessalonians 1:10: at the second coming Christ "comes to be glorified in His saints." So while Paul doesn't use the word "saints" in his intro to 1 and 2 Thessalonians, he definitely had believers in mind in 2 Thessalonians. This fact of course makes the omission of the word "saints" in both the intro and body of Galatians more glaring. The explanation of this omission is provided in the next lesson.
