1 Thessalonians 1:2

Thanksgiving for Response to the Gospel

1:2 We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly ¹  in our prayers,

1 Thessalonians 1:4

1:4 We know, ²  brothers and sisters ³  loved by God, that he has chosen you, ⁴ 

1 Thessalonians 2:5

2:5 For we never appeared ⁵  with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

1 Thessalonians 4:5

4:5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

4:7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:18

5:18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

¹ tn Or “mention you in our prayers, because we recall constantly…”

² tn Grk “knowing.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence started here in the translation.

³ tn Grk “brothers,” but the Greek word may be used for “brothers and sisters” or “fellow Christians” as here (cf. BDAG 18 s.v. ἀδελφός 1, where considerable nonbiblical evidence for the plural ἀδελφοί [adelfoi] meaning “brothers and sisters” is cited).

⁴ tn Grk “your election.”

³ tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”