1 Thessalonians 3:8

3:8 For now we are alive again, ¹  if you stand firm in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. ² 

[3:8]  ¹ tn Grk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5).

[1:10]  ² sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.