Memory VerseTherefore, who is Apollos? And who is Paul? But servants through whom we believed, and each as the Lord gave? 1 Corinthians 3:5We are not to follow men, but God. The Corinthian saints were causing division by claiming to be of Apollos, Paul, or Christ, because they were carnal. Carnal me
The term “causing children to become orphans” is used only once in Scripture, describing how Paul perceived the actions of the Jews against the Thessalonians when they stirred up the city against him and forced him to leave.But we, brethren, were bereaved from you for a short time in presence, not i
Memory VerseFor what is our hope or joy or victor’s wreath of boasting? Is it not even all of you before the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? 1 Thessalonians 2:19Initial salvation is only the beginning of the Christian life. In our obedience to God’s Word, we may earn victor’s wreaths as ov
Memory VerseBut we became gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. In this way, having a deep yearning for you, we were well-pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you had become beloved to us (1 Thessalonians 2:7–8).Paul emp
Memory VerseFor our exhortation was not out from error, nor out from uncleanliness, nor in deceit, but just as we were approved by God to be entrusted the gospel, thus we spoke. Not as pleasers to men, but to God, the One approving our hearts (1 Thessalonians 2:3–4). Paul’s message was not in error
Memory VerseFor concerning you, they themselves report back what manner of entry we had towards you, and how you turned towards the God from the idols to serve the living and true God and to anticipate His Son out from heaven, Whom He raised out from the dead, Jesus, the One delivering us from the c
Memory VerseAnd you became mimickers of us and the Lord, welcoming the word in much tribulation with joy from the Holy Spirit (1 Thessalonians 1:6)When the Jews, rejecting Paul’s message out of jealousy, went into the marketplace and hired malignantly evil men to stir up the Gentiles against Paul, t
Memory Versebecause our gospel did not come unto you in word only, but also in inherent ability and by the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, just as you all know what manner of men we were among you because of you (1 Thessalonians 1:5). It was their choice to accept the gospel for salvation, which—
Memory VerseWe give thanks to God, always making mention concerning all of you upon our worshiping, unceasingly remembering your work of faith and hard labor of love and patience of hope concerning our Lord Jesus Christ before God even our Father, knowing, brethren beloved by God, your choice (1 The
Trials are a type of testing that are designed to expose weakness, or what may fail under pressure. The word “testing” is used of both a trial and a temptation—a solicitation to do something that lacks in character. James writes that we are to count it all joy—being content—when we face trials, beca
Memory VersePaul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ, grace to you and peace (1 Thessalonians 1:1).Paul was only able to spend three Sabbaths with the saints in Thessalonica before the Jews incited the Gentiles to persecute t
Memory VerseAnd law, having entered, in order that the trespass should abound; moreover, where the sin [nature] abounded, the grace super abounded in order that just as the sin [nature] reigned by the death, thus also the grace should reign through righteousness because of eternal life through Jesus
Memory VerseFor just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, thus also through the obedience of the one [man], the many are constituted righteous (Romans 5:19). Adam disobeyed God. He was not deceived when he chose to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good a
Memory VerseTherefore then, as through one trespass unto all men into condemnation, thus also through one righteousness unto all men into justification of life (Romans 5:18).Adam’s trespass resulted in sin, bringing condemnation upon all men. In contrast, through Christ, all are justified because of
Memory VerseAnd the gift is not as through one having sinned. For on the one hand, judgment out from one having sinned unto condemnation, on the other hand, the gracious gift out from many trespasses unto justification. For since in the trespass of the one [man] the death reigned through the one [ma
Memory VerseBut not as the trespass, thus also is the gracious gift. For since by the trespass of the one [man] the many died, how much more the grace from God and the gift by grace by the one man Jesus Christ abounds unto the many (Romans 5:15).Adam’s sin brought physical death upon all. His trespa
Memory VerseFor until law, sin was in the world, but sin was not imputed, there being no law. But the death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned upon the likeness of Adam’s transgression, who is a type of the one about to come (Romans 5:13–14). In the Garden of Eden, hum
Humbleness is not humiliation—whether imposed by others or by oneself—but a willing recognition of dependence upon God. It stands in direct opposition to pride, which is characterized by a lofty frame of mind concerning oneself. Humility involves maintaining a proper frame of mind that is based on t
Memory VerseBecause of this, just as through one man, the sin entered the world and through the sin the death also thus unto all men the death passed, on the basis that all sinned (Romans 5:12). Physical death is the result of Adam’s sin. God told Adam that on the day he ate from the tree of the kno
Memory VerseI am a wretched man. Who will rescue me out from the body of this death? (Romans 7:24). The inward torment that comes from the sin nature working out the very thing we do not desire to do reveals that, through the flesh, we cannot serve God. Since law is not out from faith, a righteous m
