1 Thessalonians 2:1–12 | Resources
Discussion/Reflection Questions
1. What challenges or opposition might we face when sharing the gospel, and how can we find the courage to persevere?
2. How can we guard against the temptation to seek approval fromothers when we share the gospel or serve in ministry?
3. What does it mean to approach ministry and relationships with thegentleness and care that Paul describes? (v. 7)
4. What are practical ways we can invest in others by sharing boththe gospel and our lives? (v. 8)
5. Why is integrity so essential in ministry, and how can we ensure our motives align with God’s will?
Memory Verse
“Instead, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please people, but rather God, who examines our hearts.” 1 Thessalonians 2:4 (CSB)
Supplemental Scripture Reading
“When her owners realized that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. Bringing them before the chief magistrates, they said, ‘These men are seriously disturbing our city. They are Jews and are promoting customs that are not legal for us as Romans to adopt or practice.’ The crowd joined in the attack against them, and the chief magistrates stripped off their clothes and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After they had severely flogged them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to guard them carefully. Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.” Acts 16:19–24