1 Tesalonika 2:13
Konteks2:13 And so 1 we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, 2 you accepted it not as a human message, 3 but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.
1 Tesalonika 2:10
Konteks2:10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
[2:13] 1 tn Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”
[2:13] 2 tn Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”
[2:13] 3 tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.