1 Thessalonians 5:26
Context5:26 Greet all the brothers and sisters 1 with a holy kiss.
1 Thessalonians 1:6
Context1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received 2 the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Context4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority 3 but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
Context1:5 in that 4 our gospel did not come to you merely in words, 5 but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). 6
1 Thessalonians 3:13
Context3:13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 7


[5:26] 1 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
[1:6] 2 tn Or “after you received.”
[4:8] 3 tn Grk “rejecting man.”
[1:5] 5 tn Or “speech,” or “an act of speaking.”
[1:5] 6 tn Grk “just as you know what sort of people we were among you for your sakes.” Verse 5 reflects on the experience of Paul and his fellow preachers; v. 6 begins to describe the Thessalonians’ response.
[3:13] 5 tc ‡ Important and early witnesses (א* A D* 81 629 lat) have ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of this benediction, while the majority of