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QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 1. First Thessalonians 1:1-10 ..... How does God elect people to salvation? 2. First Thessalonians 2:1-20 .......... How might persecution be a blessing? 3. First Thessalonians 3:1-13 ... What should we tell seekers about persecution? 4. First Thessalonians 4:1-12 ...... What does “sexual immorality” include? 5. First Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 ... What is comforting about this passage? 6. First Thessalonians 5:12-28 ........... How do we treat people differently? 7. Second Thessalonians 1:1-12 .. What role do patience and faith play in perseverance? 8. Second Thessalonians 2:1-12 . What evidence exists that a falling away is past? 9. Second Thessalonians 2:13-3:5 ........ What traditions must be held fast? 10. Second Thessalonians 3:6-18 ... What sins are worthy of this discipline? © 2006 Jeff S. Smith, ElectronicGospel.com (revised 7/28/12)
New Testament Study Guide: Letters to Timothy and Titus NEW TESTAMENT STUDY GUIDES Rather than studying the New Testament verse-by-verse or in an overview, this series seeks to look at the letter according to its contexts– passage-by-passage, that is, by analyzing each of its paragraphs. Responses to the questions should be done on a separate sheet of paper and in shortanswer or essay format. INTRODUCTION The three letters collectively to Timothy and Titus are often styled as the apostle Paul’s “pastoral epistles,” because the writer is considered to be acting as a “senior pastor” in addressing the younger preachers in the work they should do. It is assumed that Timothy and Titus were the pastors of churches where they were, but this exposes the common misunderstanding of the term. In reality, because Paul was unmarried, he himself did not even meet the necessary qualities for serving as a pastor that are given in two of these letters. Pastor is used interchangeably in the New Testament with its synonyms–bishop, elder, overseer and presbyter. These letters address young preachers who were working with infant congregations to get them fully established in what would become the pattern for churches of Christ everywhere. The appointment of elders and deacons in every congregation was of immediate importance. Paul had been released from his first Roman imprisonment around the end of A.D. 62 or early 63. These letters probably began to be sent in 65 and were concluded with Paul’s valedictory, 2 Timothy, a couple of years later, after Paul’s rearrest and while his execution seemed to be impending (Second Timothy 4:6). Timothy had been carefully instructed in the scriptures by his mother and grandmother when he a child. His mother was Jewish but his father was Greek (Acts 16:1-3), but he became a companion of Paul in his travels and preaching, as well as an occasional emissary, and now the preacher in Ephesus (First Timothy 1:3). Their association is a picture of the ideal older and younger preacher relationship. Titus was a Christian born of Gentile parents (Galatians 2:3) and a frequent companion of Paul (Titus 1:4). The apostle’s refusal to circumcise Titus made a monumental statement that Gentiles were accepted into the church of Christ without first being Mosaic proselytes.
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