1 Thessalonians 2:3

2:3 For the appeal we make ¹  does not come ²  from error or impurity or with deceit,

1 Thessalonians 4:7

4:7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

4:12 In this way you will live ³  a decent life before outsiders and not be in need. ⁴ 

1 Thessalonians 5:6

5:6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

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¹ tn Grk “For our exhortation.” Paul here uses παράκλησις (paraklhsis) to speak in broad terms about his preaching of the gospel, in which he urges or appeals to people to respond to God’s salvation (cf. the verb form παρακαλοῦντος [parakalounto"] in 2 Cor 5:20).

² tn Grk “[is] not” (the verb “to be” is implied in the Greek construction).

³ tn Grk “that you may live,” continuing the sentence of 4:10b-11.

⁴ tn Or “not be dependent on anyone”; Grk “and have need of nothing,” “of no one.”