1 Thessalonians Flashcards

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Content of 1 Thessalonians

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1- Paul greets them and remembers their faith, love, and hope

2- Remembers time among them, recalling his demeanor among them

3- Timothy’s report on their steadfastness

4- Sexual morality; brotherly/sisterly love; coming of the Lord

5- How to behave while awaiting Jesus’ return; closing exhortations

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1 Thessalonians - Key Concepts

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  • Reception of Paul’s ministry (he’d visited before, wanted to return)
  • Sexual purity (control over one’s body)
  • Mutual love (calls on them to continue to love one another)
  • Rapture/Parousia (Jesus’ return to earth after his ascension)
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Finish the following quote from 1 Thessalonians 4:16

“For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will…

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…descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

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Finish the following quote from 1 Thessalonians 5:2

“For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord…

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…will come like a thief in the night.

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Finish the following quote from 1 Thessalonians 5:15

“See that none of you repays evil for evil, but…

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…always seek to do good to one another and to all.

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