1 Thessalonians 1:8-10

1:8 For from you the message of the Lord ¹  has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, ²  so that we do not need to say anything. 1:9 For people everywhere ³  report how you welcomed us ⁴  and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. ⁵ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

[1:8]  ² tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “they themselves,” referring to people in the places just mentioned.

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “what sort of entrance we had to you” (an idiom for how someone is received).

[1:10]  ⁵ sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.