1 Thessalonians 4 - Study Questions

Question 1

HCs 20 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Already, how did the Thessalonians live?

Answer 1

1Th 4:1 Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You live this way already, and we encourage you to do so even more.

Question 2

HCs 20 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
The Thessalonians remembered what?

Answer 2

1Th 4:2 For you remember what we taught you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

Question 3

HCs 10 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Stay away from what?

Answer 3

1Th 4:3 all sexual sin

Question 4

HCs 10 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
To live in holiness and honor, what must we do?

Answer 4

1Th 4:4 control his own body

Question 5

HCs 10 2-part question. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Pagans do not know whom and what?

Answer 5

1Th 4:5 God, his ways

Question 6

HCs 20 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Never do what?

Answer 6

1Th 4:6 Never harm or cheat a fellow believer in this matter by violating his wife, for the Lord avenges all such sins, as we have solemnly warned you before.

Question 7

HCs 20 Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Why is anyone who rejects the rules regarding sexual sin quote “rejecting God”?

Answer 7

1Th 4:7 God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives.

Question 8

HCs 30 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Because God has called us to live holy lives, what is true?

Answer 8

1Th 4:8 Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Question 9

HCs 10 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
What is important?

Answer 9

1Th 4:9 loving each other

Question 10

HCs 20 Statement and question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Paul said that God had taught the Thessalonians to love one another. What proof did he have?

Answer 10

1Th 4:10 Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.

Question 11

HCs 30 Scripture text question. Give a complete answer. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
Under what condition will people who are not believers quote “respect the way you live”?

Answer 11

1Th 4:11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

Question 12

HCs 20 Give 2 complete answers. From the section titled “Live to Please God.”
If you work with your hands, what will happen?

Answer 12

1Th 4:12 Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.

Question 13

HCs 10 Give a complete answer.
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:13, like whom did Paul not want the Thessalonians to grieve?

Answer 13

1Th 4:13 people who have no hope

Question 14

HCs 10 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “The Hope of the Resurrection.”
When will God bring back the believers who have died?

Answer 14

1Th 4:14 when Jesus returns

Question 15

HCs 20 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “The Hope of the Resurrection.”
Directly from the Lord, what did Paul tell the Thessalonians?

Answer 15

1Th 4:15 We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died.

Question 16

HCs 20 Give 3 complete answers.
According to 1 Thessalonians 4:16, with what will the Lord come down from heaven?

Answer 16

1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.

Question 17

HCs 20 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “The Hope of the Resurrection.”
When will we be with the Lord forever?

Answer 17

1Th 4:17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.

Question 18

HCs 10 Give a complete answer. From the section titled “The Hope of the Resurrection.”
With these words, what should we do?
[The only 10-point quote in 1Th 4:]

Answer 18

1Th 4:18 encourage each other