1 Thessalonians Quiz

Answer key for 1 Thessalonians Quiz

1. Q1: According to the opening verse, who were the three senders of this epistle? Answer: Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus. The epistle begins by naming Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus as the senders. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: Paul remembers without ceasing the Thessalonians' work of faith, labor of love, and what else? Answer: Patience of hope. Paul cites their 'patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ' before God. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 (KJV).
3. Q3: Paul states that the gospel came unto them not in word only, but also in what? Answer: Power, and in the Holy Ghost. The gospel came in power, in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 1:5 (KJV).
4. Q4: Paul describes his behavior among them as being gentle, even as what? Answer: A nurse cherisheth her children. Paul uses the imagery of a nurse cherishing her children to describe his gentleness. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (KJV).
5. Q5: Who did Paul send to establish and comfort the Thessalonians concerning their faith? Answer: Timotheus. Paul sent Timotheus, our brother and minister of God, to establish them. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 3:2 (KJV).
6. Q6: For what is the will of God, even your sanctification, according to chapter 4? Answer: That ye should abstain from fornication. Paul explicitly links the will of God and sanctification to abstaining from fornication. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (KJV).
7. Q7: According to Paul, the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with what else? Answer: The voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God. The Lord descends with a shout, the archangel's voice, and the trump of God. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 4:16 (KJV).
8. Q8: How does Paul say the day of the Lord so cometh? Answer: As a thief in the night. The scripture warns that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:2 (KJV).
9. Q9: What does Paul instruct the believers to do 'without ceasing'? Answer: Pray. The short but powerful command is to 'Pray without ceasing.' Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV).
10. Q10: In the closing of the book, what does Paul ask the brethren to do regarding his epistle? Answer: That this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. Paul charges them by the Lord that the epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. Reference: 1 Thessalonians 5:27 (KJV).