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1 1 & 2 Thessalonians Review Test Name: Score: / Thess 1:1 Grace to you and a. Faith b. Peace c. Love 2. 1 Thess 1:5 What came to the Thessalonians in word, power, and the Holy Spirit? a. The Gospel b. The Apostles c. Jesus 3. 1 Thess 1:6 How did they receive the word? a. With great jubilation b. In much affliction c. With eager ears 4. 1 Thess 1:7 They became examples to all the believers in a. Thessalonica b. Judea c. Macedonia and Achaia 5. 1 Thess 1:9 What did the Thessalonians turn from? a. Wickedness b. Sin c. Idols 6. 1 Thess 1:10 What will Jesus deliver us from? a. The wrath to come b. Evildoers who harm us c. The snares of Satan 7. 1 Thess 2:2 Where were they spitefully treated? a. Macedonia b. Philippi c. Bellevue 8. 1 Thess 2:3 What did not come from error or uncleanness? a. Our exhortation b. Our flattery c. Our ministry 9. 1 Thess 2:5 What kind of words did Paul not use? a. Angry b. Saddened c. Flattering Thess 2:7 Who cherishes her own children? a. A mother hen b. A nursing mother c. A momma bear Thess 2:10 How did Paul behave among the Thessalonians? a. Devoutly, Justly, and Blamelessly b. Lovingly, Kindly, and Peacefully c. Badly, Obnoxiously, and Cruelly Thess 2:14 Who did the Thessalonians become imitators of? a. The churches in Judea b. The Gentiles in Macedonia c. The Jews in Antioch

2 13. 1 Thess 2:16 Who were they forbidden from speaking to? a. The Romans b. The Greeks c. The Gentiles Thess 2:18 Who hindered Paul from coming to the Thessalonians? a. Timothy b. The Spirit c. Satan Thess 3:1 Where were they left alone? a. Thessalonica b. Jerusalem c. Athens Thess 3:2 Who was our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel? a. Silvanus b. Timothy c. Paul Thess 3:4 When did Paul warn the Thessalonians about persecution? a. Before, when we were with you b. During the trouble, by letter c. After it had already begun Thess 3:5 When did Paul send to know about their faith? a. When he could no longer could endure it b. When an opportune time came c. When the Spirit prompted him Thess 3:6 What kind of news did Timothy bring about their faith? a. Good b. Bad c. Ugly Thess 3:10 What did Paul pray for, night and day? a. To see your face b. To see your left arm c. To get out of having to see them Thess 4:1 What should they do more and more? a. Give b. Preach the gospel c. Abound Thess 4:3 What was the will of God? a. Your salvation b. Your sanctification c. The unity of all believers Thess 4:4 What should each one know how to possess in sanctification and honor? a. His own vessel b. His own airplane c. His own car Thess 4:7 God did not call us to uncleanness, but in a. Grace b. Holiness c. Justification

3 25. 1 Thess 4:9 Who taught the Thessalonians to love one another? a. Jesus b. Paul c. God Thess 4:11 What kind of life should they aspire to lead? a. Quiet b. Rich c. Holy Thess 4:15 Who will NOT precede those who are asleep at the coming of the Lord? a. Those who know not God b. Those who are alive and remain c. Those enemies of the gospel Thess 4:17 Where will we meet the Lord? a. In the clouds, in the air b. In heaven, the new Jerusalem c. On the earth Thess 5:2 How does the day of the Lord come? a. With a great herald b. After many signs and warnings c. As a thief in the night Thess 5:3 What will they say before sudden destruction comes upon them? a. What could possibly go wrong? b. Hey! Y all! Watch this! c. Peace and Safety Thess 5:5 You are all sons of and sons of the. a. Abraham, faith b. Light, day c. God, kingdom Thess 5:8 Put on the breastplate of a. Hope of salvation b. Faith and love c. The gospel of peace Thess 5:12 Who should they recognize? a. Those who labor among you b. Those who are wealthy and powerful c. Those who have much to offer Thess 5:14 Comfort the a. Unruly b. Fainthearted c. Weak Thess 5:19 Do not quench a. The fires of passion b. The Spirit c. The flames of persecution Thess 5:26 Greet all the brethren with a. A holy handshake b. A sanctified side-hug c. A holy kiss

4 37. 1 Thess 5:27 To whom should this epistle be read? a. The elders of the church at Thessalonica b. The holy brethren c. The weak and unruly Thess 1:3 What grows exceedingly? a. Your faith b. Your patience c. The church Thess 1:5 What did they suffer for? a. The kingdom of God b. The Jewish temple c. Their bad behavior Thess 1:6 What will God repay those who trouble with? a. Fire and brimstone b. Condemnation c. Tribulation Thess 1:9 What will those who do not know God be punished with? a. Plagues for a while b. Everlasting destruction c. Great agony Thess 2:3 What will not come unless the falling away comes first? a. That Day b. Judgment c. Peace and Reconciliation Thess 2:7 What mystery was already at work? a. Mystery of godliness b. Mystery of lawlessness c. Mystery of women Thess 2:10 What did those who perish NOT love? a. The church b. The Bible c. The truth Thess 2:12 What did those who perish have pleasure in? a. Persecuting the saints b. Unrighteousness c. Acts of kindness Thess 2:15 Stand fast and hold the a. Traditions which you were taught. b. Customs of your countrymen. c. Gospel of the Savior Thess 2:17 May God comfort your hearts and establish you in a. Your patient endurance b. Every good word and work c. The eternal kingdom Thess 3:2 Pray that we might be delivered from a. The Evil One b. Unreasonable and Wicked Men c. The U.S.S.R.

5 49. 2 Thess 3:6 What should they do to every believer who walks disorderly? a. Execute him b. Excommunicate him c. Withdraw from him Thess 3:13 Do not grow weary in a. Answering Bible Bowl questions b. Enduring these difficult times c. Doing good.

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