1 Thessalonians 5:2

5:2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord ¹  will come in the same way as a thief in the night. ² 

1 Thessalonians 2:18

2:18 For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) ³  but Satan thwarted us.

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. ⁴ 

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ⁵  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ⁶  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁷ 

[5:2]  ¹ sn The day of the Lord is the period of time in the future when the Lord will intervene in the events of this earth to consummate his redemption and his judgment (Isa 2:11-12; 13:6-13; Ezek 30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:32; 3:18; Amos 5:18-20; Obad 15-17; Zeph 1:7-18; 2:2-3; Zech 14:1, 13, 20-21; Mal 4:1, 5; 1 Cor 1:8; 5:5; 2 Cor 1:14; 2 Thess 2:2; 2 Pet 3:10). It includes both blessings and curses, though the latter is emphasized here.

[5:2]  ² sn Jesus used a thief coming at night as an illustration of the unexpected and hostile nature of the coming of God’s judgment in the future. This is repeated in various ways in v. 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.

[2:18]  ³ tn Or “several times”; Grk, “both once and twice.” The literal expression “once and twice” is frequently used as a Greek idiom referring to an indefinite low number, but more than once (“several times”); see L&N 60.70.

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

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

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “just as also we you.”