1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 (Through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep)

Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 (Humble yourself so you will find favour in the sight of the Lord) Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 (You have come to Mount Sion and to the city of the living God)

1 Thessalonians 4:9-11 ·(‘You have been taught by God to love one another.’) 2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 ·(‘I am glad to suffer these things because I fear him.’)

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 ·(‘This is the will of God, your sanctification.’) Jeremiah 1:4, 17-19 ·(‘Say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them.’)

1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 ·(‘May the Lord make you increase in love for one another and for all.’ )1 John 4:7-16 · (‘God loved us.’)

1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 · (‘We worked night and day to proclaim to you the gospel of God.’) Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16 ·(‘Like the sun rising, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.’)

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 ·(‘We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves.’) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ·(‘It pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.’)

1 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 8-10 (You turned to God from idols, to wait for his Son whom he raised from the dead) Isaiah 58:6-11 (Share your bread with the hungry)

Isaiah 66:18-21 (They shall bring all your brothers from all the nations) Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 (The lord disciplines the one he loves)

Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 ('The Lord has not left you without a redeemer. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.') 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 ('I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.')