STUDY QUESTIONS FOR 1 & 2 Thessalonians Lesson 1
(overview of 1 thessalonians)

1. According to 1 Thessalonians 3:1-2, what was one of the reasons that Paul wrote the two Thessalonian epistles?

2. What does Hebrews 4:12 say?

3. According to Acts 20:32, what can the Word of God do for us?

4. According to 1 Peter 2:21, what relationship are we to have to Jesus Christ?

5. What did Jesus say in Luke 18:1?

6. What does James 5:16 say about prayer?

7. What does James 1:2 say about the trials of Christians?

8. According to Psalm 119:67,71, what benefits can Christians derive from trials and trib­ulations?

9. What does 1 Peter 5:7 teach?

 10. According to 1 John 2:15-16, in what are Christians not supposed to engage?

 11. According to 1 Thessalonians 4:3, in what Christians not supposed to engage?

 12. According to 1 Peter 2:11, what do fleshly lusts do?

 13. According to 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, what will happen to people who engage in fleshly lusts?

 14. What does 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 admonish Christians to do?

 15. According to this lesson, what single topic is covered in 1 Thessalonians 4:13 through 1 Thessalonians 5:11?

 16. What admonition did Paul give in 1 Thessalonians 5:16?

 17. What admonition did Paul give in 1 Thessalonians 5:17?

 18. What admonition did Paul give in 1 Thessalonians 5:21?

 19. What admonition did Paul give in 1 Thessalonians 5:22?

 20. What did Paul mean when he said in Romans 14:23 that “whatever is not of faith is sin.”

 21. In Isaiah 1:18, what does God invite people to do?

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