The initial thesis should be one sentence and serve as a “mini-outline” of the paper giving the reader clear direction as to what the paper will cover (if listing items/phrases, keep these items grammatically parallel).
For the bibliography, include 12 scholarly sources that relate directly to the passage. Two of these need to be exegetical commentaries focused on interpreting the selected Pauline letter, and three of these sources need to be from scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles. Use proper Turabian format.