1 Thessalonians Flashcards
Content of 1 Thessalonians
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
1 Thessalonians - Key Concepts
- 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)
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…
…descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Finish the following quote from 1 Thessalonians 5:2
“For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord…
…will come like a thief in the night.
Finish the following quote from 1 Thessalonians 5:15
“See that none of you repays evil for evil, but…
…always seek to do good to one another and to all.