Footnotes

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 1:2 (Back)

[1] 1:2 Or without ceasing

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 1:4 (Back)

[2] 1:4 Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God's family, the church

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:1 (Back)

[1] 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 14, 17

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:5 (Back)

[2] 2:5 Or with a flattering speech

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:7 (Back)

[3] 2:7 Some manuscripts infants

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (Back)

[4] 2:13 Or without ceasing

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (Back)

[5] 2:13 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:14 (Back)

[6] 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 2:16 (Back)

[7] 2:16 Or completely, or forever

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 3:2 (Back)

[1] 3:2 Some manuscripts servant

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 3:7 (Back)

[2] 3:7 Or brothers and sisters

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 4:1 (Back)

[1] 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Back)

[2] 4:3 Or your holiness

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (Back)

[3] 4:4 Or how to take a wife for himself; Greek how to possess his own vessel

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 4:15 (Back)

[4] 4:15 Or by the word of the Lord

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 5:1 (Back)

[1] 5:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 4, 12, 14, 25, 26, 27

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 5:5 (Back)

[2] 5:5 Or sons; twice in this verse

Footnote from 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (Back)

[3] 5:14 Or disorderly, or undisciplined