1 + 2 Thessalonians, 1 +2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians Theme

The growth of a baby church

1 Thessalonians 1:9

REPENTANCE DEMONSTRATED....what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God.

1 Thessalonians 2:7

THE SHEPHERD AS PARENTS....we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. Just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

RECEIVED THE WORD...we also constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God's message, you accepted it not as the word of men,but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe

1 Thessalonians 4:3

SEXUAL PURITY....for this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality.

1 Thessalonians 4:17

RAPTURE...then when we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

THE DAY OF THE LORD....for you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

NOT WRATH....for God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

RIGHT ATTITUDES....Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is the God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:19

NO SIN OF OMISSION....do not quench the spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

DISCERNMENT....but examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every evil.

2 Thessalonians Theme

WORK while you WAIT

2 Thessalonians 2:1

END TIMES CONFUSION

2 Thessalonians 3:6

DISCIPLINE....now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep aloof from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

NO WORK, NO EAT...if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

DISCIPLINE....and if anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that man and do not associate with him, so that he may be put to shame.

1 Corinthians Theme

CORRECTION

1 Corinthians 1:10

DIVISION

1 Corinthians 1:14

WATER BAPTISM....was practiced: I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius

1 Corinthians 1:18

THE CROSS....is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:2

PRIORITY....for I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:14

NATURAL MAN....does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

1 Corinthians 3:1-3

CARNAL...."Brethren...you are still FLESHLY." They weren't showing signs of maturation.

1 Corinthians 3:11-13

REWARDS...illustrated by a buildings and a fire

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

DISCIPLINE....incest in the assembly is arrogantly tolerated but rebuked by Paul. A so-called brother.

1 Corinthians 5:10

DON'T ISOLATE...I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters; for then who would you have to go out to the world.

1 Corinthians 6:1

DON'T SUE....does anyone of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

LORDSHIP....the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers....shall inherit the kingdom of God

1 Corinthians 6:12

SELF CONTROL....all things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable...I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:18-19

The HOLY SPIRIT lives in you..FLEE immortality. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom have you from God, and that you are not your own?

1 Corinthians 7:1

NO TURN ON...now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman

1 Corinthians 7:35

THE PURPOSE OF SINGLENESS....to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:39

MARRIAGE IS....only in the Lord

1 Corinthians 11:3

The ROLE of man and woman is to reflect the trinity roles

1 Corinthians 11:4-10

A woman is to DRESS in such a way as to state he devotion and submission to God.

1 Corinthians 11:23-29

Instruction on COMMUNION

1 Corinthians 12:1-7

The DEFINITION of spiritual GIFTS

1 Corinthians 13

LOVE is

1 Corinthians 14:22

PURPOSE OF TONGUES...so then tongues are for a sign not to those who believe, but to unbelievers;

1 Corinthians 15:14

The GOSPEL, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the scriptures

1 Corinthians 16:1-2

GIVING....now concerning the collection for the saints...on the first day of every week let each one of you put aside and save, as he may prosper.

2 Corinthians Theme

DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLESHIP

2 Corinthians 1:4

COMFORT....who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 3:18

TRANSFORMED....but we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:10

BELIEVERS JUDGMENT...for we all must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:14

the LOVE of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died

2 Corinthians 5:17

ALL NEW......if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

Genuine and false REPENTANCE...for sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

2 Corinthians 8:9

CHRIST GAVE UP RICHES...the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for our sake became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

GIVING....he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 10:5

EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE....we are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:13

ANGEL OF LIGHT...for such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT for you, for power is perfected in weakness.

2 Corinthians 13:5

TEST OF ASSURANCE: CHRIST IN YOU...test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you---unless indeed you fail the test?

2 Corinthians 13:14

THE TRINITY PREDICTION....the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.