1 Thessalonians 2 - Chapter Study Flashcards
1 Thessalonians 2
Pride is mentioned in 2 verses
OR About pride, what did Paul say
1Th 2:19 After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns? It is you!
2:20 Yes, you are our pride and joy.
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Pleasing God is mentioned in 2 verses
1Th 2:4 For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.
2:15 For some of the Jews killed the prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us, too. They fail to please God and work against all humanity
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Completion question, “Yes” (Unique to 1Th)
1Th 2:20 Yes, you are our pride and joy.
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Geographical location
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1Th 2:2 Philippi
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Begin phrase, “of God”
1Th 2:13 word of God
2:16 anger of God
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SOME OF THE JEWS tried what and PAUL tried what
1TH 2:16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
2:17-18 Dear brothers and sisters, after we were separated from you for a little while (though our hearts never left you), we tried very hard to come back because of our intense longing to see you again. 18 We wanted very much to come to you, and I, Paul, tried again and again, but Satan prevented us.
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Exclamations
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1Th 2:5 And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
1Th 2:19 It is you!
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Complete phrase, “motives of”
1Th 2:4 motives of our hearts
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Complete phrase, “anger of”
1Th 2:16 anger of God
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The unique word “mere” describes what
1Th 2:13 mere human ideas
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Thessalonians are what
OR Thessalonians are Paul’s what
1Th 2:10 You yourselves are our witnesses - and so is God - that we were devout and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.
2:20 Yes, you are our pride and joy.
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Complete phrase, “Good News of”
1Th 2:16 Good News of salvation
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Completion question, “Therefore”
1Th 2:13 Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God - which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
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The unique word “intense” describes what
1Th 2:17 intense longing
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Completion question, “So”
1Th 2:3 So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.
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Parenthetical statements
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1Th 2:17 (though our hearts never left you)
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Exclamation
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1Th 2:5 And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
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Paul was treated how and Thessalonians were treated how
1Th 2:2 You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition.
2:11 And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
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Complete phrase, “apostles of”
1Th 2:7 apostles of Christ
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The word “human” is used to describe what
1Th 2:6 human praise
2:13 human ideas
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Thessalonians know what (from 4 verses)
1Th 2:1 You yourselves know, dear brothers and sisters, that our visit to you was not a failure.
2:2 You know how badly we had been treated at Philippi just before we came to you and how much we suffered there. Yet our God gave us the courage to declare his Good News to you boldly, in spite of great opposition.
2:5 Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
2:11 And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
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The phrase “among you” appears in 2 verses
1Th 2:7 As apostles of Christ we certainly had a right to make some demands of you, but instead we were like children among you. Or we were like a mother feeding and caring for her own children.
2:9 Don’t you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that we would not be a burden to any of you as we preached God’s Good News to you.
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Question
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1Th 2:19 After all, what gives us hope and joy, and what will be our proud reward and crown as we stand before our Lord Jesus when he returns?