παρουσία, 
παρουσίας, 
ἡ (
παρών, 
παροῦσα, 
παρουσον, from 
πάρειμι which see) in Greek authors from the Tragg., 
Thucydides, 
Plato down; not found in the 
Sept.; 
1. presence: 
1 Corinthians 16:17; 
2 Corinthians 10:10; opposed to 
ἀπουσίᾳ, 
Philippians 2:12 (2 Macc. 15:21; (
Aristotle, phys. 2, 3, p. 195a, 14; metaphys. 4, 2, p. 1013b, 14; meteor. 4, 5, p. 382a, 33 etc.)). 
2. the presence of one coming, hence, 
the coming, arrival, advent, ((
Polybius 3, 41, 1. 8); Judith 10:18; 2 Macc. 8:12; (
Hermas, sim. 5, 5, 3 [ET])): 
2 Corinthians 7:6; 
2 Thessalonians 2:9 (cf. 
2 Thessalonians 2:8 ἀποκαλυφθήσεται; 
ἡ... 
πάλιν πρός τινα, of a return, 
Philippians 1:26. In the N. T. especially of 
the advent, i. e. the future, visible, 
return from heaven of Jesus, the Messiah, to raise the dead, hold the last judgment, and set up formally and gloriously the kingdom of God: 
Matthew 24:3; 
ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (27), 37, 39; 
τοῦ κυρίου, 
1 Thessalonians 3:13; 
1 Thessalonians 4:15; 
1 Thessalonians 5:23; 
2 Thessalonians 2:1; 
James 5:7; 
2 Peter 3:4; 
Χριστοῦ, 
2 Peter 1:16; 
αὐτοῦ, 
1 Corinthians 15:23; (
1 Thessalonians 2:19); 
2 Thessalonians 2:8; 
2 Peter 3:4; (
1 John 2:28); 
τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμέρας, 
2 Peter 3:12. It is called in ecclesiastical writings 
ἡ δευτέρᾳ παρουσία, 
Ev. Nicod. c. 22 at the end; 
Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 52 (where see Otto's note); dialog contra Trypho, chapters 40, 110, 121; and is opposed to 
ἡ πρώτη παρουσία which took place in the incarnation, birth, and earthly career of Christ, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, chapters 52, 121, cf. 14, 32, 49, etc.; (cf. 
Ignatius ad Phil. 9 [ET] (and 
Lightfoot)); see 
ἔλευσις. 
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