Places
Athens in 1 Thessalonians 3
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This place shows up in 1 Thessalonians 3:1: “Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
1 Thessalonians 3:1
“Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,”
What kids can learn
When you hear athens in 1 Thessalonians, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read 1 Thessalonians 3:1 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice 1 Thessalonians 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
whenwecouldn’tstanditanylonger,weitgoodtobeleftatAthensalone,