Brotherly love in the Christian community provides a conducive environment for sanctification (1 Thess. 4:9-12).

Sanctification is both a once and for all (positional) and continual process of becoming holy (dispositional) (Heb. 10:10, 10:14).

The will of God is our sanctification, entering into the joy of becoming more and more holy (1 Thess. 4:1-8).

Increasing, and abounding in faith and love unto the coming of Christ (1 Thess. 3:6-13).

Re-evaluate what you are investing in and take hold of that which is really life lest the things of the world take hold of you (1 Timothy 6:17-19).

God's word came through human beings who had been deeply disciplined, and found faithful (John 16:12-14, Acts 9:15-16).

Receiving the Word as the Word of God leads to imitation of it; anything less leads ultimately to rejection (1 Thess. 2:13-16).

A description of true ministry, and the mark of its authenticity: boldness, gentleness, sincerity, holiness, righteousness, and blamelessness (1 Thess. 2:1-12).

1 Thess. 1:2-10 The new small church became an example to all the other churches as they imitated the apostolic form of living.

A short history of the founding of the church in Thessalonica, an encounter with the eternal word of God (1 Thess. 1:1, Acts 17:1-8).