<p>2:1 <i>Now brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him, we urge you</i>- The false teaching that the Lord had already come (:2) obviated the need to be gathered together to Him, a phrase clearly taken from the Lord's teaching about our gathering to judgment. This is the problem with preterism and with any idea that the Lord has already come. We would then be effectively living with no accountability to a future judgment. And that false teaching would then tend to be reflected in lifestyle.</p>