1 Thess 2:17 ¶ But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while--in person, not in spirit--were all the more eager with great desire to see your face.
1 Thess 2:18 For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and yet Satan hindered us.
1 Thess 2:19 For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
1 Thess 2:20 For you are our glory and joy.
1 Thess 3:1 Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone,
1 Thess 3:2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith,
1 Thess 3:3 so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.
1 Thess 3:4 For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.
1 Thess 3:5 For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.
1 Thess 3:6 ¶ But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,
1 Thess 3:7 for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;
1 Thess 3:8 for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 Thess 3:9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account,
1 Thess 3:10 as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith?
1 Thess 3:11 ¶ Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you;
1 Thess 3:13 so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints.
1 Thess 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.
1 Thess 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;
1 Thess 4:6and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.
1 Thess 4:7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.