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Paul's Letters
Paul's Letters · Foundational

1 Thessalonians

First Thessalonians encourages a young, persecuted church to keep serving God while it waits for His Son from heaven, and it comforts them about believers who have died with the hope of the Rapture.

Start Lesson 4 min Read Full Study 5 min Plus

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

How a young church was born in a few weeks, and why Paul wrote to follow it up

2

Why the coming of the Lord runs through all five chapters

3

What 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 promises about believers who have died and about the Rapture

Lessons in this topic
011 Thessalonians: The Hope of His ComingPlus4 min02Colossians: The Supremacy of ChristPlusRelated lesson4 min
Key passages
1 Thessalonians 1:9–101 Thessalonians 2:7–81 Thessalonians 2:131 Thessalonians 3:12–131 Thessalonians 4:3–71 Thessalonians 4:13–181 Thessalonians 5:2–31 Thessalonians 5:9–101 Thessalonians 5:16–181 Thessalonians 5:23–24