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 2:12

2:12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

1 Thessalonians 3:11

3:11 Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

4:3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, ²  that you keep away from sexual immorality,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ³  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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

² tn Or “your sanctification.”

³ tn Grk “rejecting man.”