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

I. Paul’s COURAGE before them. (vv. 1-4).

A. His APPROACH towards them was not in vain. (v.1) For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain 7.25" class="scriptRef">25.21" class="scriptRef">Genesis 25:21; 8.21" class="scriptRef">Exodus 18:21; 23:26; 11" class="scriptRef">31:1-11; 36.4" class="scriptRef">35:30-35; 36:1-4; 14" class="scriptRef">14" class="scriptRef">14" class="scriptRef">Deuteronomy 7:14; Joshua 1:8; Judges 13:2-3; 1 Samuel 2:5; 2 Kings 2:21; 10" class="scriptRef">Ezra 7:10, 25; Psalm 1:3; 113:9; Proverbs 11:30; Song of Solomon 4:2; 6:6; Isaiah 5:2; 16" class="scriptRef">8:16; 61:3; Jeremiah 17:5-8; Hosea 14:8; Malachi 2:7; 19" class="scriptRef">Matthew 7:16-19; 9:14; 10:1, 24-25; 12:46-50; 13:22, 52; 21:19; 28:19-20; Mark 4:19; 11:13; Luke 1:7, 36; 6:40; 13:6-9; 16:10-12; John 1:35-37; 8:30-31; 9:27-28; 15:2, 5-6, 8, 14, 16; Acts 6:1-3, 7; 9:1, 19; 11:26; 16:1; Romans 12:11; 15:28; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 4:2; 14:14; 15:10, 58; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Galatians 2:2; Ephesians 5:6, 11; Philippians 1:11; 2:16; 4:17; Colossians 1:7, 10; 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Timothy 1:18; 3:1-7; 4:6, 14; 5:13; 6:12; 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2:2, 24-25; 3:10, 14; Titus 1:5-9, 3:14; Hebrews 6:6-12; James 2:20; 2 Peter 1:8; Jude 12