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Ingredients for growing a Christian
In Paul’s day letters usually started out with the person writing the letter using their own name first and then the name of the person or church to whom he was writing (v. 1). Paul addresses his fellow Christians as brothers and prays that God will be kind to them and bless them …

An exemplary people
Despite severe suffering the Thessalonians had welcomed their message and became imitators of Paul and Silas (v. 6). The message of salvation, though welcomed with great joy brought the Thessalonians severe suffering because it led to persecution from both Jews and Gentiles (3:2- …

An obvious change takes place
Paul makes three statements describing the change that took place in these new Thessalonian Christians:They turned their back on idolatry (v. 9). Keep in mind that many of the initial converts were Jews but the church soon included large num­bers of Gen­tiles. Many of the …