1 Thessalonians 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ¹  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

2:12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

5:4 But you, brothers and sisters, ²  are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ³  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ⁴  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁵ 

1 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ⁶  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

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.

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “rejecting man.”

[5:4]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[3:6]  ³ tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “just as also we you.”

[1:6]  ⁴ tn Or “after you received.”