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Quiz about BBB Bible Series I Thessalonians

BBB Bible Series: (I Thessalonians) Quiz

Here are ten questions based on Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians (the Christian community in Thessalonika). I have used the translation as found in the Jersualem Bible (1966).

A multiple-choice quiz by Ampelos. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Ampelos

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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348,115

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Paul is writing to the Christian community in Thessalonika. Of which Roman province was Thessalonika the capital? Hint: it is mentioned in chapters 1 and 4. Hint

Macedonia

Bithynia and Pontus

Asia

Achaea (Greece)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where is Paul when he is writing this letter? Hint: check the account in Acts 18. Hint

Corinth

Ephesus

Athens

Jersualem

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Question 3 of 10

3. In I Thessalonians 1:1 who put their names to this letter? Hint

Paul, Silas (Silvanus), Barnabas

Paul, Silas (Silvanus), Timothy

Paul, Timothy, Barnabas

Paul and Timothy

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Question 4 of 10

4. According to I Thessalonians 2:2 where had Paul "been given rough treatment and grossly insulted"? Hint

Philippi

Athens

Beroea

Ephesus

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Question 5 of 10

5. In I Thessalonians 2:17-20 who or what has prevented Paul from returning to visit the Thessalonians? Hint

Hostile Jews

Bad weather

Satan

Ill-health

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Question 6 of 10

6. According to I Thessalonians 3:1-2 whom did Paul send back to Thessalonika? Hint

Timothy

Barnabas

Titus

Silas (Silvanus)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In I Thessalonians 4:3-8 what is NOT one of the moral appeals made by Paul to his readers? Hint

To abstain from fornication

To be holy

To follow carefully the Law of Moses

To avoid taking advantage of a fellow Christian

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Question 8 of 10

8. In I Thessalonians 4:13-18 what is NOT one of the signs that will accompany the coming of the Lord? Hint

Those who died in Christ will be taken up in the clouds

The sound of the trumpet

Four terrifying horsemen

The voice of an archangel

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Question 9 of 10

9. In I Thessalonians 5:8 what are faith and love to be worn as? Hint

A helmet

Sandals

A shield

A breastplate

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Question 10 of 10

10. In I Thessalonians 5:2 to what is the coming of Lord compared? Hint

Like lightning striking in the east.

Like a thief in the night.

Like a fig tree coming into season.

Like the coming of the flood in the time of Noah.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Paul is writing to the Christian community in Thessalonika. Of which Roman province was Thessalonika the capital? Hint: it is mentioned in chapters 1 and 4.

Answer: Macedonia

Macedonia was established as a Roman province in 146 BC. Its capital, Thessalonika, had an important harbour on the Aegean Sea and lay on the Via Egnatia (Egnatian way) that was the main land road from the Adriatic to the East. Today it is the second-largest city in Greece.

2. Where is Paul when he is writing this letter? Hint: check the account in Acts 18.

Answer: Corinth

Acts 18 makes it clear that Paul's first landfall in Greece was at Athens, but also that he had moved on to Corinth when the agents he had sent back to Thessalonika returned to him.

3. In I Thessalonians 1:1 who put their names to this letter?

Answer: Paul, Silas (Silvanus), Timothy

Both Paul and Silas had a Semitic name (Saul, Silas) and a Roman name (Paulus, Silvanus). Both were Roman Citizens, as Acts 16:37 shows.

4. According to I Thessalonians 2:2 where had Paul "been given rough treatment and grossly insulted"?

Answer: Philippi

The events at Philippi are related in Acts 16. Paul received a rather warm welcome at Beroea and at Athens was invited to address the highest council of that city. The violent riot at Ephesus (Acts 20) will occur later.

5. In I Thessalonians 2:17-20 who or what has prevented Paul from returning to visit the Thessalonians?

Answer: Satan

Unfortunately, Paul does not explain exactly HOW Satan prevented Paul from returning to Thessalonika.

6. According to I Thessalonians 3:1-2 whom did Paul send back to Thessalonika?

Answer: Timothy

Timothy was a young Jewish man whom Paul met at Lystra in central Galatia (Acts 16). He would become Paul's most loyal companion, and two books of the New Testament are letters written by Paul to him late in his career.

7. In I Thessalonians 4:3-8 what is NOT one of the moral appeals made by Paul to his readers?

Answer: To follow carefully the Law of Moses

The central point of Paul's teaching is that, while the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai is a good thing, salvation is now achieved by faith not by rigid adherence to the Law.

8. In I Thessalonians 4:13-18 what is NOT one of the signs that will accompany the coming of the Lord?

Answer: Four terrifying horsemen

Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians do tell his readers about the coming of the day of the Lord, but the four terrifying horsemen belong to Revelation 6.

9. In I Thessalonians 5:8 what are faith and love to be worn as?

Answer: A breastplate

The fullest use of armour as an image for the Christian life comes at Ephesians 6:14-17, where integrity is to be your breastplate, truth your belt, eagerness your shoes, salvation your helmet, faith your shield, and the Word of God your sword.

10. In I Thessalonians 5:2 to what is the coming of Lord compared?

Answer: Like a thief in the night.

The other three answers all come from Matthew 24, a frightening chapter about the coming of the Lord and the Last Judgement.

Source: Author Ampelos

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