Chapter 3
3:1 What happened? What do you think about that?
3:2 Who sent Timothy? (Look at 1 Thessalonians 1:1 also.) What do you learn about Timothy? Why had they sent him? What do you think about all that?
3:3 Of what had the writers been afraid? What did the readers know? What will you do because you know that?
3:4 About what had the writers warned the readers? What had happened? What do you think about that?
3:5 Why could Paul not wait for a longer time? (Look at verse 4 also.) What did he do? Make a list of the reasons why he did that. What do you think about all that?
3:6 What things happened? What kind of report did Timothy bring? What parts of Timothy’s report would have made Paul glad?
3:7 What do you know about the writers’ circumstances? What happened because of the news that Timothy brought back? What do you think about that?
3:8 What has changed? What do you think about that?
3:9 What can the writers not do? What do they do? What helps them to do that? What do you think about that?
3:10 What do the writers do? What do they want to teach? About what might that have been?
3:11 Use your own words to express this prayer. What do you learn about how the writers consider God? What do you think about that?
3:12 What is the prayer? What might be different if God answered that prayer in your
3:13 Make a list of the results that the writers expect. (Look at verse 12 also.) What must they be ‘holy and ready for’? What do you think about that?