1 Thessalonians 2:4

2:4 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

2:15 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,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ³  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

[2:15]  ¹ tc ἰδίους (idious, “their own prophets”) is found in D¹ Ψ Ï sy Mcion^T. 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).

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “rejecting man.”