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# General Information:
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Paul continues to use "we" to refer to himself and his traveling companions and "you" to the Thessalonian believers.
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# we also thank God constantly
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Paul often thanks God for their acceptance of the gospel message he shared with them.
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# not as the word of man
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"Word of man" is a synecdoche for "a message that comes simply from a man." AT: "(it is) not a message that is made up by a man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]]).
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# you received it as it truly is, the word of God
The Thessalonians believed Paul's message as coming from God, not from Paul's own authority.
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"Word" is a metonym for "message." AT: "you received it as it truth is, the message that comes from God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# It is this word that is also at work among you who believe
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Paul speaks of God's gospel message as if it were a person who was doing work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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"Word" is a metonym for "message." AT: "It is this set of God's instructions that enables those of you who believe to work well together"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/receive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wordofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]