1 Thessalonians 1

(1)  Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
(2)  We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
(3)  Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
(4)  Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
(5)  For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
(6)  And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
(7)  So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
(8)  For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
(9)  For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
(10)  And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

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1. In what city was the church of the Thessalonians? In what country is the city? Verse 1.

2. What three men are listed as sending this epistle? Who is the main writer? What is Silvanus called in the book of Acts? Verse 1.

3. Why is Paul’s apostleship not stated in this epistle as in his other letters? In what two persons was the church of the Thessalonians said to be? Verse 1.

4. How did Paul begin most of his epistles, including this one? For whom did Paul give thanks? Verse 2.

5. As Paul, Silas, and Timothy gave thanks, what did they remember about the Thessalonians? What does the phrase “patience of hope” mean? Verse 3.

6. What was the hope of the Thessalonians? How did the Thessalonians know that their hope was genuine? Verse 3.

7. What does “election” mean? How did God choose the Thessalonians? Verse 4.

8. What two things allowed Paul to know the Thessalonians were of the elect? Verses 4-5.

9. Since those who were chosen or elected are “in Christ,” what four things put people into Christ and cause them to be saved or “elected”? Verse 4-5.

10. Why did Paul call it “our gospel”? What gave the Thessalonians much assurance? What manner of men were Paul and his associates among them? Verse 5.

11. In what way did the Thessalonians become followers of Paul and of the Lord? Verse 6.

12. What counter-balanced the affliction the Thessalonians endured as a result of their reception of the gospel? Verse 6.

13. What does “ensample” mean? Verse 7.

14. To whom were the Thessalonians ensamples? Verse 7.

15. Where was Macedonia? Verse 7.

16. Where was Achaia? Verse 7.

17. In what three places had the word of the Lord sounded out from the Thessalonians? Verse 8.

18. How effective was the work of the Thessalonians in sounding out the word as it concerned the efforts of the apostle Paul and other preachers? Verse 8.

19. About what did Paul get reports in every place he went? Verse 9.

20. What statement in this verse indicates that the church of the Thessalonians was primarily a Gentile congregation? Verse 9. (See Acts 17:4)

21. What does it mean to turn? From what did the Thessalonians turn and to what did they turn? Verse 9.

22. For what two things did the Thessalonians turn to God to do? Verses 9-10.

23. From what does Jesus deliver us? Verse 10.

24. What does the apostle Paul connect with the deliverance of the Christian from the wrath to come? Verse 10.