1 Thessalonians 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 Thessalonians 3:4

3:4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ¹ 

1 Thessalonians 4:9

4:9 Now on the topic of brotherly love ²  you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

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¹ tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”

² tn Grk “concerning brotherly love.”