1 Thessalonians Quiz — Questions and Answers
All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.
Q1.According to the opening verse, who were the three senders of this epistle?
- A. Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus ✓
- B. Paul, Barnabas, and Luke
- C. Paul, Peter, and John
- D. Paul, Apollos, and Cephas
Answer: Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus
The epistle begins by naming Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus as the senders.
Q2.Paul remembers without ceasing the Thessalonians' work of faith, labor of love, and what else?
- A. Patience of hope ✓
- B. Strength of spirit
- C. Fullness of joy
- D. Riches of grace
Answer: Patience of hope
Paul cites their 'patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ' before God.
Q3.Paul states that the gospel came unto them not in word only, but also in what?
- A. Power, and in the Holy Ghost ✓
- B. Signs and wonders
- C. Dreams and visions
- D. Parables and dark sayings
Answer: Power, and in the Holy Ghost
The gospel came in power, in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance.
Q4.Paul describes his behavior among them as being gentle, even as what?
- A. A nurse cherisheth her children ✓
- B. A shepherd leadeth his sheep
- C. A father instructeth his son
- D. A servant obeyeth his master
Answer: A nurse cherisheth her children
Paul uses the imagery of a nurse cherishing her children to describe his gentleness.
Q5.Who did Paul send to establish and comfort the Thessalonians concerning their faith?
- A. Timotheus ✓
- B. Titus
- C. Epaphroditus
- D. Mark
Answer: Timotheus
Paul sent Timotheus, our brother and minister of God, to establish them.
Q6.For what is the will of God, even your sanctification, according to chapter 4?
- A. That ye should abstain from fornication ✓
- B. That ye should give all to the poor
- C. That ye should fast twice in the week
- D. That ye should speak in tongues
Answer: That ye should abstain from fornication
Paul explicitly links the will of God and sanctification to abstaining from fornication.
Q7.According to Paul, the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with what else?
- A. The voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God ✓
- B. A multitude of the heavenly host
- C. The sound of many waters
- D. A flaming sword and a golden crown
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.
Q8.How does Paul say the day of the Lord so cometh?
- A. As a thief in the night ✓
- B. As a lion in the forest
- C. As a lightning bolt from the east
- D. As a flood upon the dry ground
Answer: As a thief in the night
The scripture warns that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night.
Q9.What does Paul instruct the believers to do 'without ceasing'?
- A. Pray ✓
- B. Sing
- C. Fast
- D. Work
Answer: Pray
The short but powerful command is to 'Pray without ceasing.'
Q10.In the closing of the book, what does Paul ask the brethren to do regarding his epistle?
- A. That this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren ✓
- B. That they copy it for the church at Ephesus
- C. That they keep these words secret
- D. That they write a response immediately
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.