theology - paul's letters thessalonians I

how many letters are there in the NT?

21

in the NT letters, where can you find the senders and recipients?

in the greetings

what usually follows the greeting in the NT letters?

a thanksgiving prayer

what is in the body of the NT letters?

an exposition on christian teachings and draws conclusions about ethical behavior

how many letters are attributed to paul? whats an example of a book not written by him?

14; Hebrews

what are the captivity epistles? why are they called that?

ephesians, philippians, colossians, and philemon; they were written when paul was in prison

what are the pastoral epistles? why are they called that?

1-2 timothy and 1-2 titus; they are addressed to a single person rather than a community and they give advice on how to take care of a community

what are the letters not written by paul called? how many are there?

catholic epistles; 7

what letters are closely related to the bible?

1, 2, 3 John are closely related to the gospel of john

why did paul leave thessalonica?

he was being persecuted by jews and gentiles

who did paul send back to thessalonica to check on the church there?

timothy

when did paul probably write 1 thessalonians?

50-51 AD

why did paul write 1 thessalonians?

the church’s family members are dying, and they were concerned if they were able to meet jesus when the second coming arrives, and there were many opposing teachers slandering him

who are the senders of this letter?

paul, silvanus, and timothy

what are the three theological virtues according to paul?

faith, love, and hope

when paul first visited thessalonica, how did the people receive his word?

they received it with great affliction at first but then accepted it

what are the three important things paul believes about jesus?

Jesus is the son of God, he was resurrected from the dead, and Jesus will come back to deliver Christians

what happened to paul and his companions when they were traveling in philippi?

they were treated poorly and suffered

when paul and his companions were in thessalonica, they were willing to share the gospel but also…?

their very selves

what was the church of thessalonica imitating?

like the Churches in Judea, they both were suffering but persevered strongly in God

why did paul go to thessalonica once?

they were thwarted by the devil

where was paul when he wrote I thessalonians?

in athens

who did paul send to thessalonica to strengthen and encourage the people

timothy

when he was in thessalonica, what did he warn the people about?

they will face suffering and backlash and must stand strong in their faith in God

what was paul afraid of what would happen in thessalonica?

they would be persecuted

what did he learn about thessalonica from timothy?

they were thriving in their faith and community despite persecution

which of jesus’s teachings did paul quote in his letters?

they should love their neighbour and conduct themselves to please God

how does paul tell the thessalonians to work? why?

he tells them they should work with their own hands and be hardworking and reliable, so the christians would be seen as hardworking rather than lazy beggars

why were the thessalonians grieving? how does paul respond?

They’re sad that their families are dying or dead, and were concerned that they won’t be able to meet Jesus; Paul tells them that Jesus would take the living and the dead believers, and that their passed loved ones wouldn’t even know that they were dead for long

what are the two groups of people that would rise up? what group does paul believe himself to be in? What does this tell you about Paul's beliefs about when the second coming would arrive?

the living and dead believers; the living believers; he thought that jesus would return in his lifetime, he just didn’t know when he would come back. he believes that all believers would be saved, alive or not.

when will the second coming arrive according to paul? what does this mean?

it will arrive like a “thief in the night”, which means that they don’t know exactly when it’ll arrive

how does paul describe non/believers?

the believers are “children of light and day” and non-believers are “children of night and darkness”

what does paul tell the thessalonians not to “quench” or “despise”?

don’t quench the spirit and don’t despise prophetic utterances

what does paul’s letter to the philippians tell about his life?

he was a member of the benjamin tribe, a hebrew born from a hebrew, a pharisee, and never married

what does the acts of the apostles tell us about paul’s life?

he was born in tarsus and persecuted christians as a grown man, a pharisee, a roman citizen, and went by both saul (jewish name) and paul (roman name)

what are some of paul’s achievements?

he was the greatest theologians, converted many gentiles and jews into christians, went on three missionary trips, a tentmaker, and confronted other apostles

why was jesus dying on the cross such a scandal?

jews saw crucifixion as lowly, weak, and degrading, something only a criminal would die to. greeks saw this as foolish, since jesus died and gods don’t die, how could he be god?

what was paul’s letter structure?

greeting, thanksgiving, response or defense, specific needs of the community/an individual, farewell and blessing