The Book of First Thessalonians

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The book of First Thessalonians

Writer: The apostle Paul (I Thessalonians 1:1)

Date: A.D. 52-53

Theme: The second coming

Background: Acts 17:1-10

After establishing the congregation in Thessalonica, Paul is forced to leave prematurely, before these new Christians could be fully grounded in the faith (Acts 17:5-10). Only a short time passes (I Thessalonians 2:17) when Paul sends Timothy back to inquire of their spiritual well-being (I Thessalonians 3:1-2). This epistle is written in response to the report Timothy brings back (I Thessalonians 3:6).

Questions for chapter one

  1. How often did Paul remember them in his prayers? ______
  2. What three things did Paul remember without ceasing?
  3. ______
  4. ______
  5. ______

Additional thought for question two

What makes works so important to faith (James 2:24; 26)? ______
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What happens if love for the brethren is absent (I John 2:8-11; 3:14-17)? ______
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How does patience affect the life of a Christian?

Romans 2:7 ______

Romans 8:24-25 ______

Luke 21:19 ______

Hebrews 6:19 ______

Hebrews 12:1-12 ______

II Peter 1:5-8 ______

  1. What is unrighteous with God (see Hebrews 6:10)? ______
  2. Verse five reminds them that the gospel came unto them; in word, power of the Holy Spirit and much assurance.
  3. What does the gospel contain (Romans 1:16)? ______
  4. How was the word confirmed in absence of a complete written record (Mark 16:17-20; Hebrews 2:3; II Corinthians 12:12)? ______
  5. What does assurance offer (Colossians 2:2; Hebrews 6:11)? ______
  6. How did the Thessalonians receive the word? ______
  7. What are the two providences of Greece? ______
  8. Looking at your map – what providence did Thessalonica belong to? ______
  9. What sounded out from Thessalonica? ______
  10. Who did they turn to? ______and what had they turned from? ______

Fill in the blank

“And to wait for his _____ from ______, whom he ______from the ______, even ______, which delivered ___from the ______to come”

Questions for chapter two

  1. In what city were the missionaries shamefully treated? ______
  2. What two notable conversions occurred at Philippi (Acts 16:14-15; 30-34)? ______
  3. What did Paul say that God trusted them with? ______
  4. Who were they seeking to please? ______
  5. According to verses five and six, what three things were absent from their preaching? ______
    ______
  6. What manner did the missionaries display with these Christians? ______
  7. Were there times when the missionaries did not take support from those they preached to (See also I Corinthians 9:11-12; 18)? ______
  8. Did they take support from others (Philippians 4:14-16)? ______
  9. Is it right for a preacher to be supported (I Corinthians 9:14; Matthew 10:10)? ______
  10. How were they to walk? ______
  11. The church at Thessalonica received the word:
  12. Not as the ______
  13. But as it is in truth ______
  14. Paul said the Jews were guilty of three things:
  15. ______
  16. ______
  17. ______
  18. What were they trying to prevent the missionaries from doing? ______
  19. What three things would be realized at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ?
  20. ______
  21. ______
  22. ______

Questions for chapter three

  1. Where was Paul when he sent Timothy back to them? ______
  2. What was Timothy’s mission? ______
  3. What did Paul tell them while he was yet with them? ______
  4. Who was a threat to their spirituality? ______
  5. Who is the tempter (Matthew 4:1-3)? ______
  6. Timothy brought good tidings in what three areas?
  7. ______
  8. ______
  9. ______
  10. Paul’s prayer for them is recorded in I Thessalonians 3:10-13. Night and day Paul prayed, what two things did he pray might happen in verse ten:
  11. ______
  12. ______
  13. What did Paul want them to abound in? ______and to what end? ______

Questions for chapter four

  1. They were to walk pleasing to whom? ______
  2. Who gives the commandments in the New Testament? ______
  3. What were they to abstain from? ______
  4. What were they to possess? ______
  5. Concupiscence (evil – desire – lust - I Thessalonians 4:5; Romans 7:8; Colossians 3:5) would be engaged in by those who? ______
  6. Who is the avenger? ______
  7. What was Paul confident of concerning brotherly love? ______
  8. What were they not to be ignorant of concerning those which were asleep? ______
  9. What did they believe (know)? ______
  10. What three things would accompany the Lord’s coming?
  11. ______
  12. ______
  13. ______
  14. Who would rise first? ______
  15. What would happen to those who were alive? ______
  16. What would these words produce? ______

Questions for chapter five

  1. What will the day of the Lord be like? ______
  2. What will happen to those who say peace and safety? ______
  3. Christians are the children of ______, and of ______
  4. Therefore, Christians are to ______and be ______
  5. What three things are Christians to put on?
  6. ______
  7. ______
  8. ______
  9. What has God appointed for Christians to obtain? ______
  10. The were exhorted to:
  11. Warn ______
  12. Comfort the ______(fainthearted – easily discouraged)
  13. Support the ______
  14. Be patient toward ______
  15. They were to pray ______
  16. “Prove ______; hold fast that which is good
  17. “ ______from all appearance of evil”
  18. What request did Paul make of them? ______
  19. Who is the epistle to be read to? ______
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