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 4:10

4:10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters ²  in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 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.

[4:10]  ² tn Grk “brothers”; this applies to the second occurrence as well. See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[4:10]  ³ sn To do so more and more. See 1 Thess 4:1.