1 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹  of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Forced Absence from Thessalonica

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

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

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

³ tn Grk “in face, not in heart.”

⁴ tn Grk “with great desire.”

⁵ tn Grk “to see your face.”