1 Tesalonika 5:12

Final Instructions

5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ¹  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

1 Tesalonika 2:9

2:9 For you recall, brothers and sisters, ²  our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

1 Tesalonika 2:17

Forced Absence from Thessalonica

2:17 But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, ³  for a short time (in presence, not in affection) ⁴  we became all the more fervent in our great desire ⁵  to see you in person. ⁶ 

1 Tesalonika 4:6

4:6 In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, ⁷  because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, ⁸  as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

1 Tesalonika 4:16

4:16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, ⁹  and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

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

[2:9]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[2:17]  ³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Grk “in face, not in heart.”

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “with great desire.”

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “to see your face.”

[4:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “not to transgress against or defraud his brother in the matter,” continuing the sentence of vv. 3-5.

[4:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “concerning all these things.”

[4:16]  ⁹ tn Neither noun in this phrase (ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου, ejn fwnh ajrcangelou, “with the voice of the archangel”) has the article in keeping with Apollonius’ Canon. Since ἀρχάγγελος (ajrcangelo") is most likely monadic, both nouns are translated as definite in keeping with Apollonius’ Corollary (see ExSyn 250-51).