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I THESSALONIANS – LESSON 8
I. PAUL OFFERS THESSALONIANS PRACTICAL EXHORTATINS (5:12-
A. Know them who labor among you – esteem them highly (v. 12-
1. Those who are over you in the Lord
2 Those who admonish you
B. Be as peace among yourselves (v. 13)
C. Admonish or war the disorderly (v. 14)
D. Encourage the fainthearted (v. 14)
E. Support the weak (v. 14)
F. Be patient or longsuffering toward all (v. 15)
G. Render to no man evil for evil (v. 15)
H. Follow that which is good or beneficial for all (v. 15)
I. Rejoice always (v.16)
J. Pray without ceasing (v. 17)
K. In everything give thanks (v. 18)
L. Quench not the Spirit (v. 19)
M. Despise not prophesyings (v. 20)
N. Prove all things – hold fast to that which is good (v. 21)
O. Abstain from every evil that appears before you (v. 22)
P. Concluding requests and farewell (v. 23-
1. Prayerful desire that Thessalonians be totally sanctified (v. 23-
2. Paul requests prayer for him and his fellow workers (v. 25).
3. Paul commands proper greeting of brethren (v. 26).
4. Paul commands that this letter be read unto all the brethren (v. 27).
5. Paul offers benediction of grace (v. 28).
QUESTIONS:
1. What TWO DUTIES do we have toward them that are “over us in the Lord?”
2. We are to be at _______________________ among ourselves? How do we accomplish this command?
3. What does “disorderly” mean in 5:14?
a. Give a specific example of this conduct among the Thessalonians:
b. What do such people need from their brethren?
4. Describe one who is “fainthearted.”
5. What should we do for “the weak?”
6. To whom are we to be patient?
7. What are we to return for evil done to us?
8. We are to rejoice _______________________. Can this be done when calamity strikes?
9. What does it mean to pray “without ceasing?”
10. How could one today “quench the Spirit,” and “despise prophesyings?”
11. From what are we told to abstain in verse 22?
12. What part of our being does Paul desire to be sanctified? For how long?
13. Paul asked his brethren to _____________ for him and his fellow workers? What could have been said upon their behalf?
14. What is the purpose for the “holy kiss?”
15. How does Paul express the importance of having his letter read?
16. What does Paul desire for his brethren as he closes his letter?