Category: A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 5
What does 1st Thessalonians Chapter 5 mean? This final chapter of 1 Thessalonians continues to discuss the day of the Lord, assuring Christians that it will not overtake them. It is associated with what Paul calls the night, in this passage, and it will overtake those who are children of…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 4
What does 1st Thessalonians Chapter 4 mean? This chapter begins the second division of Paul’s letter to the Thessalonian believers. Whereas chapters 1—3 are mainly personal, as Paul commends the Thessalonians and expresses his strong desire to see them again, chapters 4 and 5 contain instructions about personal purity and…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 3
What does 1st Thessalonians Chapter 3 mean? In this chapter Paul tells the Thessalonian believers that he had sent Timothy from Athens to Thessalonica to encourage them, and to learn how they were getting along in the Christian life. He reminds them that his sufferings were not unexpected but were…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 2
What does 1st Thessalonians Chapter 2 mean? In this chapter Paul recalls his ministry at Thessalonica. He had been maltreated at Philippi, but his suffering did not deter him from moving on to Thessalonica and declaring the gospel there. His willingness to suffer in order to share the gospel showed…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch, Chapter 1
What does 1st Thessalonians Chapter 1 mean? Thessalonica was a major city of Greece, a hub of culture and commerce. Paul had visited this city during his second missionary journey (Acts 17:1–4), establishing groups of new believers there. That success was not without hardship, as Paul experienced significant backlash from…
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A Verse by Verse Study in the Book of 1st Thessalonians, (ESV) with Irv Risch.
Survey of 1 Thessalonians Book Type: The New Testament’s eighth Pauline Epistle; the thirteenth book of the New Testament; the fifty-second book of the Bible. Author: Paul, Silvanus (Silas), and Timothy, named directly in 1 Thessalonians 1:1. Audience: Paul wrote to the church he founded in the city of Thessalonica during his second missionary…
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