Discovery Box1 Thessalonians 2:5 
Context2:5 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
Context2:18 For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) 2 but Satan thwarted us.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
Context3:3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
1 Thessalonians 3:7
Context3:7 So 3 in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, 4 through your faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Context5:14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, 5 admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
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.
