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 4:3
Context4:3 For this is God’s will: that you become holy, 2 that you keep away from sexual immorality,
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Context4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority 3 but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
Context5:9 For God did not destine us for wrath 4 but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 tn Or “came on the scene,” “came.”
2 tn Or “your sanctification.”
3 tn Grk “rejecting man.”
4 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).
