Paul encourages the believers to strive to be more obedient, holy, loving and diligent. He also encouraged them about the hope and comfort we have for those who have died in Christ.
1. Walk in Holiness (1-8)
- a) To please God (1-2)
- b) To abstain from sexual immorality (3-8)
2. Walk in Love (9-10)
- a) As taught by God (9)
- b) To increase more and more ( 10)
3. Walk in Diligence (11-12)
- a) To work with their hands (11)
- b) To walk properly towards outsiders. (12)
4. Walk in hope (13-18)
- a) With no sorrow concerning those who have died (13-14)
- b) For we shall be rejoined with them when Christ returns (15-18)