1 Thessalonians 5:22

5:22 Stay away from every form of evil.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

1:9 For people everywhere ¹  report how you welcomed us ²  and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Thessalonians 1:5

1:5 in that ³  our gospel did not come to you merely in words, ⁴  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). ⁵ 

1 Thessalonians 5:15

5:15 See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ⁶  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ⁷  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁸ 

1 Thessalonians 5:12

Final Instructions

5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ⁹  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

1 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹⁰  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 tn Grk “they themselves,” referring to people in the places just mentioned.

² tn Grk “what sort of entrance we had to you” (an idiom for how someone is received).

¹ tn Or “because.”

² tn Or “speech,” or “an act of speaking.”

³ tn 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.

¹ tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

² tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

³ tn Grk “just as also we you.”

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

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