1 Tesalonika 1:3

1:3 because we recall ¹  in the presence of our God and Father ²  your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope ³  in our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Tesalonika 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ⁴  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Tesalonika 5:8

5:8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate ⁵  of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. ⁶ 

1 Tesalonika 5:12

Final Instructions

5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, ⁷  to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

[1:3]  ¹ tn Grk “making mention…recalling.” The participle ποιούμενοι (poioumenoi) in v. 2 has been translated as temporal, and μνημονεύοντες (mnhmoneuonte") in v. 3 has been translated as causal.

[1:3]  ² tn Or the phrase may connect at the end of the verse: “hope…in the presence of our God and Father.”

[1:3]  ³ tn These phrases denote Christian virtues in action: the work produced by faith, labor motivated by love, and endurance that stems from hope in Christ.

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “rejecting man.”

[5:8]  ⁵ sn An allusion to Isa 59:17.

[5:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “hope of salvation” (“a helmet…for salvation” is an allusion to Isa 59:17).

[5:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.