1. 4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians 1:4–5
9…They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
1 Thessalonians 1:9–10

2. Judgment

4. Faith

5. Chosen faith

6. 4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians 1:4–5
9…They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
1 Thessalonians 1:9–10

7. 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)
1Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)

8. 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)
1Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)

9. 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)
1Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 2For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:1–2 (NIV84)

10. 2We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers
2We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. 3We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:2–3
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about
your faith and love.
1 Thessalonians 3:6 (NIV84)

11. Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live(walk) in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this
more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:1

12. Salvation
Faith

13. Sanctification

14. 1 Thessalonians 4:6–8 (NIV84)
6and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. 7For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:6–8 (NIV84)

15. 6…Now Joseph was well-built and handsome, 7and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed with me!” 8But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. 9No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?” 10And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.
Genesis 39:6–10 (NIV84)

16. who gives you his Holy Spirit.
6and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. 7For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God,
who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:6–8 (NIV84)

17. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 (NIV84)
For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 (ESV)

18. holiness

19. 2We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers
2We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. 3We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:2–3
But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about
your faith and love.
1 Thessalonians 3:6 (NIV84)

20. 1 Thessalonians 3:11–12 (NIV84)
11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1 Thessalonians 3:11–12 (NIV84)