1 Thessalonians 2:18

2:18 For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) ¹  but Satan thwarted us.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ²  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

5:4 But you, brothers and sisters, ³  are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath ⁴  but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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¹ tn Or “several times”; Grk, “both once and twice.” The literal expression “once and twice” is frequently used as a Greek idiom referring to an indefinite low number, but more than once (“several times”); see L&N 60.70.

² tn Grk “rejecting man.”

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

⁴ sn God did not destine us for wrath. In context this refers to the outpouring of God’s wrath on the earth in the day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2-4).