1 Korintus 1:8

1:8 He ¹  will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Korintus 1:2

1:2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, ²  to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. ³ 

1 Tesalonika 1:7-10

1:7 As a result you became an example ⁴  to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 1:8 For from you the message of the Lord ⁵  has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, ⁶  so that we do not need to say anything. 1:9 For people everywhere ⁷  report how you welcomed us ⁸  and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. ⁹ 

1 Tesalonika 1:2

Thanksgiving for Response to the Gospel

1:2 We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly ¹⁰  in our prayers,

1 Timotius 1:12

1:12 I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry,

1 Timotius 1:18

1:18 I put this charge ¹¹  before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, ¹²  in order that with such encouragement ¹³  you may fight the good fight.

[1:8]  ¹ tn Grk “who,” referring to Christ. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:2]  ² map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[1:2]  ³ tn Grk “theirs and ours.”

[1:7]  ⁴ tc Most mss (א A C D² F G Ψ 0278 Ï) have the plural τύπους (tupou", “examples”) here, while a few important witnesses have the singular τύπον (tupon, “example”; B D*^,c 6 33 81 104 1739 1881 pc lat). With ὑμᾶς (Jumas, “you”) immediately preceding, the plural form looks motivated: Scribes would be expected to change the singular to the plural here. Although the external evidence for the singular reading is not overwhelming, the internal evidence for it is compelling.

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

[1:8]  sn “The word of the Lord” is a technical expression in OT literature, often referring to a divine prophetic utterance (e.g., Gen 15:1, Isa 1:10, Jonah 1:1). In the NT it occurs 15 times: 3 times as ῥῆμα τοῦ κυρίου (rJhma tou kuriou; Luke 22:61, Acts 11:16, 1 Pet 1:25) and 12 times as λόγος τοῦ κυρίου (logo" tou kuriou; here and in Acts 8:25; 13:44, 48, 49; 15:35, 36; 16:32; 19:10, 20; 1 Thess 4:15; 2 Thess 3:1). As in the OT, this phrase focuses on the prophetic nature and divine origin of what has been said. Here the phrase has been translated “the message of the Lord” because of the focus upon the spread of the gospel evident in the passage.

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

[1:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “they themselves,” referring to people in the places just mentioned.

[1:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “what sort of entrance we had to you” (an idiom for how someone is received).

[1:10]  ⁹ sn The coming wrath. This wrath is an important theme in 1 Thess 5.

[1:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “mention you in our prayers, because we recall constantly…”

[1:18]  ¹¹ sn This charge refers to the task Paul described to Timothy in vv. 3-7 above.

[1:18]  ¹² sn The prophecies once spoken about you were apparently spoken at Timothy’s ordination (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) and perhaps spoke of what God would do through him. Thus they can encourage him in his work, as the next clause says.

[1:18]  ¹³ tn Grk “that by them you might fight…” (a reference to the prophecies which can encourage him in his work).