Verse 27
Paul recognized the edifying value of this letter and perhaps its divine inspiration, so he firmly charged that someone read it aloud to all the congregation of saints.
"The sudden switch from the plural to the singular of the first person is significant; the most probable explanation is that Paul took over the pen at this point and added the adjuration and the concluding benediction with his own hand . . ." [Note: Bruce, p. 135. See also E. H. Askwith, "’I’ and ’We’ in the Thessalonian Epistles," Expositor, series 8:1 (1911):149-59.]
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