1 Thessalonians 2:4
Context2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Context2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets 1 and persecuted us severely. 2 They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
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[2:15] 1 tc ἰδίους (idious, “their own prophets”) is found in D1 Ψ Ï sy McionT. This is obviously a secondary reading. Marcion’s influence may stand behind part of the tradition, but the Byzantine text probably added the adjective in light of its mention in v. 14 and as a clarification or interpretation of which prophets were in view.
[2:15] 2 tn Or “and drove us out” (cf. Acts 17:5-10).