THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL
TO THE
THESSALONIANS
OUTLINE
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- Introduction -- 1:1
- The content -- a holy life for the church -- 1:2--5:24
- Its structure -- 1:2-3
- Its origination -- 1:4-10
- Its fostering -- 2:1-20
- The care of a nursing mother and an exhorting father -- vv.1-12
- The reward of such care -- vv.13-20
- Its establishing -- 3:1-13
- Encouragement for faith and love -- vv.1-12
- Encouragement with hope -- v.13
- Its exhortation -- 4:1-12
- Sanctification versus fornication -- vv.1-8
- Brotherly love -- vv.9-10
- A becoming walk -- vv.11-12
- Its hope -- 4:13-18
- For the dead believers -- vv.13-14
- For the living and remaining believers -- vv.15-18
- Its watchfulness and soberness -- 5:1-11
- The day of the Lord coming like a thief -- vv.1-3
- The safeguard of faith, love, and hope -- vv.4-11
- Its cooperation -- 5:12-24
- The believers' cooperation -- living a spiritual and holy life -- vv.12-22
- God's operation -- sanctifying and preserving the believers -- vv.23-24
- Conclusion -- 5:25-28
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