1 Thessalonians
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The coming of the Lord Jesus is imminent. The hope of His return is the great hope and inspiration and comfort of the true Christian.
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Thessalonica stood on the seaboard, and was the center of a large trade, which it shared with Corinth and Ephesus. It is the Saloniki of today, to which the interest of the world has recently been directed. It contained a large colony of Jews and a synagogue. The Apostle visited it, as recorded in Acts 17:2-9. Probably he dispatched this Epistle from Corinth; compare I Thessalonians 1:1 and 3:1 with Acts 18:15. It is the earliest of the Epistles and more elementary than the later ones. An interesting study would be to trace the development of the Apostle’s thought to the fuller and deeper teachings of the Epistles to the churches at Rome and Ephesus. —Through the Bible Day by Day
Building Up One Another
Salutation, I Thessalonians 1:1
I. Founding and Growth of the Thessalonian Church, I Thessalonians 1:2-3:13
1. Fruits of the Gospel in Thessalonica, I Thessalonians 1:2-10
2. Paul’s Missionary Methods, I Thessalonians 2:1-12
3. Results of His Labor, I Thessalonians 2:13-20
4. Visit of Timothy, I Thessalonians 3:1-10
5. Benediction, I Thessalonians 3:11-13
II. The Walk of the Christian, I Thessalonians 4-5
1. The Need of Purity, I Thessalonians 4:1-8
2. The Need of Love for the Brethren, I Thessalonians 4:9-12
3. The Return of Christ, I Thessalonians 4:13-18
4. How to Be Prepared, I Thessalonians 5:1-8
5. The Will of God for the Christian, I Thessalonians 5:9-22
Conclusion, Thessalonians 5:23-28 —Through the Bible Day by Day
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