1 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹  of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

1 Thessalonians 3:4

3:4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ² 

1 Thessalonians 2:2

2:2 But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, ³  as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God ⁴  in spite of much opposition.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ⁵  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

1 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 So ⁶  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ⁷  through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath ⁸  but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

3:3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

² tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”

³ map For location see JP1-C1; JP2-C1; JP3-C1; JP4-C1.

⁴ tn The genitive in the phrase τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ (to euangelion tou qeou, “the gospel of God”) could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“the gospel which God brings”) or an objective genitive (“the gospel about God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119-21; M. Zerwick, Biblical Greek, §§36-39). If so, an interplay between the two concepts is intended: The gospel which God brings is in fact the gospel about himself. This same phrase occurs in vv. 8 and 9 as well.

⁴ tn Or “after you received.”

⁵ tn Or “for this reason.”

⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

⁶ sn God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2-4).