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1 Thessalonians 2 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Gentle Like a Mother

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGentle Love

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenBe Gentle

LOVE → picture 4CHILD → picture 3WORK → picture 2JOY → picture 1

Grade 1Gentle and Kind

They shared the good news. → picture 3Gentle like a mother. → picture 5They worked night and day. → picture 2Like a father with children. → picture 4You are our joy. → picture 1

Order:

1. But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.2. But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.3. You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.4. For you are our glory and our joy.

Grade 2Paul Was Gentle

  1. Who did Paul want to please? God (circle)
  2. How was Paul gentle? Like a mom caring for her children
  3. When did Paul work hard? Night and day (circle)
  4. What did Paul call the church? His joy (circle)
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Grade 3Like a Mother and Father

  1. Where had Paul been treated badly? Philippi
  2. Who tests our hearts? God
  3. What did Paul share besides the good news? Their own lives
  4. How did the people accept the message? As God's word
1: But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak—not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.2: But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.3: You are witnesses with God how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.4: For you are our glory and our joy.
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Grade 4Not to Please People

  1. Where were Paul and his friends shamefully treated? At Philippi
  2. Whom do they speak to please? God, who tests our hearts
  3. How did they treat the believers? Gently, like a nursing mother
  4. Why did they work night and day? So they would not be a burden
  5. How did the believers receive the message? As the word of God

Word bank: 1. News; 2. God; 3. gentle; 4. Good; 5. father

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Approved by God

  1. What were Paul and his friends entrusted with? The Good News
  2. What did they never seek from people? Money or glory
  3. Why did they share their own lives? The believers had become very dear to them
  4. Into what does God call believers? His own Kingdom and glory
  5. What does Paul call the believers before Jesus at His coming? His hope, joy, and crown of rejoicing
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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