1 Tesalonika 2:11

2:11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children,

1 Tesalonika 2:18

2:18 For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) ¹  but Satan thwarted us.

1 Tesalonika 4:12

4:12 In this way you will live ²  a decent life before outsiders and not be in need. ³ 

[2:18]  ¹ 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.

[4:12]  ² tn Grk “that you may live,” continuing the sentence of 4:10b-11.

[4:12]  ³ tn Or “not be dependent on anyone”; Grk “and have need of nothing,” “of no one.”