- Subject: New Testament usage of "Parousia" from Wiki..... "New Testament usage The word is used 24 times in the New Testament.[10] Of these 5 uses refer to the coming of individuals: Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus (1Co.16:17), Titus (2Co.7:6) the physical "presence" of Paul himself (2Co.10:10, Php.1:26, 2:12), and a 6th use to the "coming of the lawless one"(2Thess.2:9). The other 18 times refer 17 times to the Second Coming of Christ, and in one case to the coming of the "Day of God" (2Pe.3:12). ________________________________ .