“Service and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 Part 6

I. Paul’s COURAGE before them. (vv. 1-4).
II. Paul’s COMMITMENT to them. (vv. 5-6)

III. Paul’s CARE for the Thessalonians. (vv. 7" class="scriptRef">7-4.11.9" class="scriptRef">9" class="scriptRef">9) But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God 33.13-Gen.33.14" class="scriptRef">Genesis 33:13-14; 12" class="scriptRef">47:12; 11" class="scriptRef">11.12" class="scriptRef">Numbers 11:12; 5" class="scriptRef">5" class="scriptRef">5.15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15-Neh.5.18" class="scriptRef">Nehemiah 5:15-18; 32.4" class="scriptRef">Psalm 32:4; Isaiah 40:11; 23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">49:23; 66:13; Jeremiah 9:1; 17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">13:15-17; Ezekiel 34:14-16; Matthew 3:1, 17; 4:17, 23; 35" class="scriptRef">9:35; 10.7" class="scriptRef">10:7, 27" class="scriptRef">27" class="scriptRef">27" class="scriptRef">27; 11:1; 12:18; 17:5; 24:14; 26:10, 13; Mark 1:4, 11, 15, 39" class="scriptRef">38-39, 45; 3:14; 20" class="scriptRef">5:20; 6:12; 7:36; 8:35; 13:10; 14:6, 9; 16:15, 20; Luke 3:3, 11, 22; 19" class="scriptRef">19" class="scriptRef">4:18-19, 44; 8:1, 39; 9:2; 12:3, 32; 17:32; 24:47; 21" class="scriptRef">John 3:21; 4:38; 5:17; 6:28-30; 9:4; 15:20; 16:4; Acts 8:5; 9:20; 10:35, 37, 42; 13:41; 15:7, 21; 18:1-3; 19:13; 20:24-25, 31, 35; 28:31; Romans 1:11, 16-17; 2:10; 4:4-5; 10:8, 14-15; 11:28; 12:8; 13:10; 15:16, 29; 1 Corinthians 1:21, 23; 3:8; 4:12, 15; 9:6, 12-13, 23, 27; 15:11-12, 58; 16:10; 2 Corinthians 1:19; 2:5; 4:3-5; 6:5; 9:13; 10:15; 11:4, 9, 23, 27; 12:13-14; Galatians 1:15; 2:2, 5, 7; 5:11; 6:10, 17; Ephesians 1:13; 2:11; 3:6; 4:28; 5:29; 6:15, 19; Philippians 1:5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 27; 2:22; 4:1, 3, 15; Colossians 1:5, 19, 23; 3:23; 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 5; 2:2, 4, 11; 3:1-2, 5; 4:11; 5:14; 2 Thessalonians 2:5, 14; 3:7-9, 10-12; 1 Timothy 1:11; 3:16; 6:2; 2 Timothy 1:8, 10; 2:8, 24-25; 4:2; Philemon 13; Hebrews 6:10; 11:33; 1 Peter 3:19; 2 Peter 1:17; 2 John 8; 3 John 5; Revelation 2:2; 14:13