Themes and take-aways from 1 and 2 Thessalonians:

Compliments / indications they’re doing well

I Thessalonians 1:2-3, 9; 2:19-20; 4:1, 9-10

II Thessalonians 1:3-4; 3:4

End of the world

I Thessalonians 4:15-17

II Thessalonians 1:8

Acts 24:24

We need to know about the end of the world and teach our children about it!

Example / imitate / model

I Thessalonians 1:5-7; II Thessalonians 3:7-9

Follow good examples and be good examples!

Non-Christians (others / outsiders, contrast to converts in Thessalonica)

You are not like this anymore!

I Thessalonians 2:14-16

II Thessalonians 1:8

I Thessalonians 4:4-5, 13

Word / instruction / gospel

I Thessalonians 1:5; 2:13; 4:2; 5:19-20, 27

II Thessalonians 2:15; 3:14

God’s word is the instruction in your life.

Prayer

I Thessalonians 1:2; 5:25 – Prayer beings and ends the letter.

I Thessalonians 5:17; 3:9-10

II Thessalonians 1:3, 11; 3:1

Persecution