1 Thessalonians 5:22

5:22 Stay away from every form of evil.

1 Thessalonians 2:6

2:6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,

1 Thessalonians 4:3

4:3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, ¹  that you keep away from sexual immorality,

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Forced Absence from Thessalonica

2:17 But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, ²  for a short time (in presence, not in affection) ³  we became all the more fervent in our great desire ⁴  to see you in person. ⁵ 

1 Thessalonians 4:16

4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, ⁶  and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 1:8-9

1:8 For from you the message of the Lord ⁷  has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, ⁸  so that we do not need to say anything. 1:9 For people everywhere ⁹  report how you welcomed us ¹⁰  and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ¹¹  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ¹²  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ¹³ 

¹ tn Or “your sanctification.”

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

² tn Grk “in face, not in heart.”

³ tn Grk “with great desire.”

⁴ tn Grk “to see your face.”

¹ tn Neither noun in this phrase (ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου, ejn fwnh ajrcangelou, “with the voice of the archangel”) has the article in keeping with Apollonius’ Canon. Since ἀρχάγγελος (ajrcangelo") is most likely monadic, both nouns are translated as definite in keeping with Apollonius’ Corollary (see ExSyn 250-51).

¹ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

² tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

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 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.”