1 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 So¹ in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters,² through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

4:2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:13

5:13 and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath³ but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 3:9

3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you,⁴ for all the joy we feel⁵ because of you before our God?

1 Thessalonians 4:14

4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that⁶ God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.⁷

1 Thessalonians 1:5

1:5 in that⁸ our gospel did not come to you merely in words,⁹ but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you).¹⁰

1 Thessalonians 3:5

3:5 So¹¹ when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

2:13 And so¹² we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us,¹³ you accepted it not as a human message,¹⁴ but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

¹tn Or “for this reason.”

²tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

³sn 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).

⁵tn Grk “what thanks can we render to God about you.”

⁶tn Grk “all the joy with which we rejoice.”

⁷tn “we believe that” is understood from the first clause of the verse, which is parallel. Grk “so also God will bring.”

⁸tn Grk “those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.” It is possible that “through Jesus” describes “bring,” but this gives the unlikely double reference, “through Jesus God will bring them with Jesus.” Instead it describes their “falling sleep,” since through him their death is only sleep and not the threat it once was. Also Christians are those whose total existence – life and death – is in and through and for Christ (1 Cor 8:6).

⁹tn Or “because.”

¹⁰tn Or “speech,” or “an act of speaking.”

¹¹tn Grk “just as you know what sort of people we were among you for your sakes.” Verse 5 reflects on the experience of Paul and his fellow preachers; v. 6 begins to describe the Thessalonians’ response.

¹¹tn Or “for this reason.”

¹³tn Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”

¹⁴tn Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”

¹⁵tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.