[1:5] 1 tn Or “because.”
[1:5] 2 tn Or “speech,” or “an act of speaking.”
[1:5] 3 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.