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 ¹  in our prayers,

1 Tesalonika 3:7

3:7 So ²  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ³  through your faith.

1 Tesalonika 5:8

5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate ⁴  of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. ⁵ 

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

[3:7]  ² tn Or “for this reason.”

[3:7]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[5:8]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.

[5:8]  ⁵ tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).