Paul led them by example and exhorted them to walk worthy of the Lord

“Service and the Second Coming”
1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 Part 7

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. 7-9)


IV. Paul’s CONDUCT among the Thessalonians. (vv. 10-12" class="scriptRef">12" class="scriptRef">12" class="scriptRef">12" class="scriptRef">12" class="scriptRef">12.8" class="scriptRef">8" class="scriptRef">8.20" class="scriptRef">20.12" class="scriptRef">12) Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: 11" class="scriptRef">11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory 6" class="scriptRef">6.4.22" class="scriptRef">22" class="scriptRef">22" class="scriptRef">22" class="scriptRef">Genesis 5:22, 7" class="scriptRef">7.24" class="scriptRef">24" class="scriptRef">24; 8-Gen.6.9" class="scriptRef">6:8-9; 8:22; 16.17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17.1" class="scriptRef">17:1; 16-Gen.50.17" class="scriptRef">50:16-17; Leviticus 11:44-45; 19:2; 20.7" class="scriptRef">20:7, 26" class="scriptRef">26; 21:8; 15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">Numbers 16:15; 27.19" class="scriptRef">27:19; Deuteronomy 3:28; 31" class="scriptRef">31.14" class="scriptRef">31:14; 1 Samuel 12:3-5; 18" class="scriptRef">18.13" class="scriptRef">13" class="scriptRef">1 Kings 18:13; 1 Chronicles 22:11-13; 28:9, 20; 29:17; 2 Chronicles 17:3-5; 31:20; Job 1:1, 8; 2:3; 29:11-17; 31:1-39; Psalm 7:3-5; 18:20-24; 34:11; 102:16; Proverbs 1:10, 15; 2:1; 3:1; 4:1-12; 5:1-2; 6:1; 7:1, 24; 31:1-9; Jeremiah 18:20; Zechariah 10:12; Matthew 5:48; 8:5; 14:36; 26:53; 40" class="scriptRef">Mark 1:40; 23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">5:23; 6:56; 7:32; 8:22; Luke 1:5-6, 75; 3:18; 7:4; 41" class="scriptRef">8:41; 15:28; 21:36; 23:41; 24:48; John 1:12; 11:19, 31; Acts 1:8, 22; 2:32, 40; 3:15; 5:32; 8:31; 9:38; 10:39, 41; 11:23; 13:31, 42; 14:22; 15:32; 16:9, 15, 39-40; 19:31; 20:2, 12, 18-20, 26, 33-34; 21:12; 22:15; 22:20; 24:4, 16; 25:2; 26:16, 22; 27:33-34; 28:14, 20; Romans 1:9; 4:17, 24; 9:11; 12:1, 8; 15:30; 16:2, 17; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 4:13-16, 31; 14:3, 22; 16:12, 15; 2 Corinthians 1:4, 6, 12, 23; 2:7-8; 4:2; 5:11, 20; 6:1, 3-10; 7:2, 6-7, 13; 8:6; 9:5; 10:1; 11:11, 31; 12:8, 18; 13:11; Galatians 3:22; 5:3, 8, 16; Ephesians 4:1, 17; 5:2, 8; 6:22; Philippians 1:8, 27; 4:2; Colossians 1:10; 2:2, 6; 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 7; 2:5, 13; 3:2, 4, 7, 13; 4:1-2, 10, 12, 18; 5:2, 11, 14, 23-24; 2 Thessalonians 1:10; 2:6, 17; 3:7, 12; 1 Timothy 1:3; 2:1; 4:12; 5:1; 6:2, 12; 2 Timothy 2:2; 3:10; 4:2; Titus 1:8-9; 2:6-9, 11-12, 15; Philemon 9-10; Hebrews 3:13; 10:25; 12:1, 17; 13:19, 22; James 4:4; 1 Peter 1:15-16; 2:7, 11, 23; 5:1-3, 12; 1 John 1:6-7; 26, :20-21; 3:5, 15; 5:13; 3 John 6, 12; Jude 3; Revelation 1:5; 2:13; 3:14; 11:3; 17:6