1 Thessalonians 3:7
3:7 So 1 in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, 2 through your faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath 3 but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 tn Or “for this reason.”
2 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
3 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).