1 Thessalonians 2:5

2:5 For we never appeared ¹  with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

1 Thessalonians 2:18

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

1 Thessalonians 3:3

3:3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

1 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 So ³  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ⁴  through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

5:14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, ⁵  admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.

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¹ tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”

² 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.

³ tn Or “for this reason.”

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

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