1 Thessalonians 2:9

2:9 For you recall, brothers and sisters, 1  our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, 2  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, 3  for a short time (in presence, not in affection) 4  we became all the more fervent in our great desire 5  to see you in person. 6 

1 Thessalonians 4:13

The Lord Returns for Believers

4:13 Now we do not want you to be uninformed, 7  brothers and sisters, 8  about those who are asleep, 9  so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

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

4 tn Grk “in face, not in heart.”

5 tn Grk “with great desire.”

6 tn Grk “to see your face.”

7 tn Grk “ignorant.”

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

9 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for death when speaking of believers. This metaphorical usage by its very nature emphasizes the hope of resurrection: Believers will one day “wake up” out of death. Here the term refers to death, but “sleep” was used in the translation to emphasize the metaphorical, rhetorical usage of the term. This word also occurs in vv. 14 and 15.