1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you:

These three verses (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13) are "a prayer to Christ as co-equal with the Father."[17] The Christology of Paul is not something which "developed," but was implicit and explicit in all that he wrote, even in this letter, one of the very first epistles from his pen. "Here we have an express prayer directed to Christ, thus necessarily implying his divine nature."[18]

[17] J. R. Dummelow, op. cit., p. 988.

[18] P. J. Gloag, op. cit., p. 56.