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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul continues to give thanks for the believers at Thessalonica and praises them for their faith in God.
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# Brothers
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Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
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# we know
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The word "we" refers to Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy but not the Thessalonian believers. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-exclusive]])
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