1 Tesalonika 1:6

1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ¹  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

1 Tesalonika 2:12

2:12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

1 Tesalonika 2:16

2:16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, ²  but wrath ³  has come upon them completely. ⁴ 

1 Tesalonika 3:7

3:7 So ⁵  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ⁶  through your faith.

1 Tesalonika 3:9

3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you, ⁷  for all the joy we feel ⁸  because of you before our God?

1 Tesalonika 4:10

4:10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters ⁹  in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, ¹⁰ 

1 Tesalonika 5:12

Final Instructions

5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ¹¹  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “after you received.”

[2:16]  ² tn Grk “to fill up their sins always.”

[2:16]  ³ tc The Western text (D F G latt) adds τοῦ θεοῦ (tou qeou) to ὀργή (orgh) to read “the wrath of God,” in emulation of the normal Pauline idiom (cf., e.g., Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6) and, most likely, to clarify which wrath is in view (since ὀργή is articular).

[2:16]  tn Or “the wrath,” possibly referring back to the mention of wrath in 1:10.

[2:16]  ⁴ tn Or “at last.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “for this reason.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[3:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “what thanks can we render to God about you.”

[3:9]  ⁸ tn Grk “all the joy with which we rejoice.”

[4:10]  ⁹ tn Grk “brothers”; this applies to the second occurrence as well. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[4:10]  ¹⁰ sn To do so more and more. See 1 Thess 4:1.

[5:12]  ¹¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.