1 Thessalonians Flashcards
1 Thess. 2:6
We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority.
1 Thess. 1:4
For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you,
1 Thess. 2:5
You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed– God is our witness.
1 Thess. 1:7
And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
1 Thess. 2:4
On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thess. 1:3
We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thess. 1:1
Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
1 Thess. 1:6
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
1 Thess. 3:12
May The Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thess. 2:3
For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.
1 Thess. 1:8
The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia– your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it,
1 Thess. 2:14
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: you suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
1 Thess. 1:10
and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead– Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
1 Thess. 3:1
So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.
1 Thess. 2:7
Instead, we were like young children among you. Just as a nursing mother cares for her children,
1 Thess. 3:2
We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
1 Thess. 1:9
for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,
1 Thess. 3:4
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
1 Thess. 2:8
so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
1 Thess. 3:9
How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?
1 Thess. 3:3
so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
1 Thess. 2:9
Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
1 Thess. 3:5
For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way, the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.