1TH#45

STRUCTURAL OUTLINE

I. Paul and Company’s Reflex Response of Thanksgiving v. 3a

A. The Direction of the Reflex Response of Thanksgiving: God v. 3a
B. The Object of the Reflex Response of Thanksgiving: For You, Brethren v. 3a
C. The Appropriateness of the Reflex Response of Thanksgiving: As It Is Meet v. 3a

II. The Cause of Paul and Company’s Reflex Response of Thanksgiving v. 3b

A. Thanksgiving For the Thessalonians’ Growing Faith v. 3b
B. Thanksgiving For the Thessalonians’ Abounding Charity To One Another v. 3b

III. The Result of Paul and Company’s Reflex Response of Thanksgiving: Glory In The Churches Of God v. 4-6

A. The Reason for Paul and Company’s Glory in the Churches of God for the Thessalonians v. 4a

1. For the Thessalonians’ Patience v. 4a
2. For the Thessalonians’ Faith v. 4a

B. The Backdrop of Paul and Company’s Glory in the Churches of God for the Thessalonians v. 4b

1. Endurance despite the Thessalonians’ persecutions v. 4b
2. Endurance despite the Thessalonians’ tribulations v. 4b

C. The Object of Paul and Company’s Glory in the Churches of God for the Thessalonians: The Manifest Token of the Righteous Judgment of God v. 5-6

1. For believers: That they may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom for which they suffer v. 5
2. For the them that trouble the Thessalonians: That God may righteously recompense tribulation for tribulation caused v. 6

CPT

Paul is thankful to God glorying in the churches of God for the Thessalonians’ faith, charity and patience.

PURPOSE BRIDGE

To show the qualities of a local church the is a blessing to its ministers.

CPS

A church growing in faith, abounding in charity and patiently faithful in endurance blesses its ministers.