I Thess. Ch. 1
Unlike his letters to the Corinthians and Galatians, Paul omits this title at the beginning of 1 Thessalonians because his authority was never questioned there.
What is "an apostle"?
Verse 16 states that God made two great lights, designating the greater light to rule the day and this lesser light to rule the night.
What is the moon?
Paul mentions that God will repay those who trouble the believers when Jesus is revealed from this location.
What is "heaven"?
Beginning with the famous declaration, "The LORD is my shepherd," this phrase completes the opening verse indicating total provision.
What is "I shall not want"?
To avoid being a financial burden to the Thessalonians while preaching the gospel, Paul supported himself by working night and day as this kind of craftsman.
What is a tent maker?
In 1 Thessalonians 1:3, Paul praises the believers for their "work of faith," "patience of hope," and this specific kind of labor.
What is "labour of love"?
Created on the fifth day alongside winged fowl and moving creatures in the waters, these massive aquatic animals are specifically mentioned in verse 21.
What are "great whales"?
The overarching theme of Second Thessalonians is to correct the believers' misunderstanding about the return of this person.
Who is Christ? (or "the Lord")
In verse 2, the Lord provides rest by making the speaker lie down in green pastures and leading them beside these types of waters.
What are "the still waters"?
In verses 7 and 11, Paul uses two domestic family metaphors to describe his relationship with the converts: first comparing himself to a nurse, and second comparing himself to this figure.
What is a father?
According to the commentary on verse 5, the gospel came to the Thessalonians not in word only, but also in power, in much assurance, and through this third part of the Godhead.
What is "the Holy Ghost"?
When God gathered the waters under the heaven into one place, He called the dry land "Earth" and called the gathering of waters by this name.
What are "the Seas"?
Paul was thankful to God for the believers' growing faith and this other quality that was abounding.
What is "love"?
Even when walking through this terrifying location in verse 4, the speaker declares they will fear no evil because God is with them.
What is "the valley of the shadow of death"?
Paul explains that he tried to return to visit the Thessalonian believers once and again, but this entity hindered them.
What is Satan?
Because of persecution stirred up by unbelieving Jews and Gentiles, the Thessalonian converts became followers of Paul and the Lord, receiving the word in much affliction and with this specific emotion produced by the Holy Ghost.
What is "joy"?
In addition to ruling the day and night and dividing light from darkness, God set the lights in the firmament of heaven to serve for signs, days, years, and this other duration.
What are "seasons"?
Paul prayed that the name of Jesus might be glorified in the believers, and they in Him, according to this dual source of divine favor.
What is "the grace of God and Christ"?
In verse 5, God prepares a table before the speaker in the presence of these adversaries, anoints their head with oil, and causes this item to overflow.
What is "my cup"? (or "my cup runneth over")
In verses 19 and 20, Paul refers to the Thessalonians not only as his glory and joy, but also as this specific reward of rejoicing in the presence of the Lord at His coming.
What is his crown? (or "crown of rejoicing")
Verse 9 notes that the Thessalonians turned to God from these objects of worship in order to serve the living and true God.
What are "idols"?
According to verse 26, God decided to make man in this distinct mold—using these two specific descriptive terms.
What are "our image, after our likeness"?
In his prayer in verses 11 and 12, Paul asks that God would count the believers worthy of this specific thing.
What is their calling?
In the final verse, the speaker is confident that goodness and mercy will follow them all their days, and that they will dwell in this specific location forever.
What is "the house of the LORD"?
In verse 10, Paul reminds the believers that he, Silas, and Timothy behaved among them in a way that was holy before God, and both just and this before men.
What is unblameable?