• Whom God chose (1 Thess. 1:3)

  • Imitators of the Apostles & of Christ (1 Thess. 1:6)

  • Being rescued from the wrath to come (1 Thess. 1:10)

  • The glory and joy of Paul (1 Thess. 2:20)

  • Sanctified [set apart as holy] (1 Thess. 4:3)

  • Called not for impurity, but in sanctification (1 Thess. 4:7)

  • Given the Holy Spirit (1 Thess. 4:8)

  • Taught by God to love one another (1 Thess. 4:9)

  • Not in darkness (1 Thess. 5:4)

  • Sons of light and sons of day (1 Thess. 5:5)

  • Not of night nor of darkness (1 Thess. 5:5)

  • Not destined for wrath (1 Thess. 5:9)

  • Destined to obtain salvation through Christ (1 Thess. 5:9)