OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Greetings (1)

• Thanks for the Thessalonians’ faith (2-10)

2

• Paul’s ministry in Thessalonica (1-12)

• Thessalonians accepted God’s word (13-16)

• Paul longs to see the Thessalonians (17-20)

3

• Paul’s anxious wait in Athens (1-5)

• Timothy’s comforting report (6-10)

• Prayer for the Thessalonians (11-13)

4

• Warning against sexual immorality (1-8)

• Love one another in fuller measure (9-12)

  • “Mind your own business” (11)

• Those dead in Christ will rise first (13-18)

5

• The coming of Jehovah’s day (1-5)

  • “Peace and security!” (3)

• Stay awake, keep your senses (6-11)

• Exhortations (12-24)

• Final greetings (25-28)