Since that is what Paul did, he could remind the Thessalonians: “You well know how, as a father does his children, we kept exhorting each one of you, and consoling and bearing witness to you, to the end that you should go on walking worthily of God. ”
Kuna Paulus seda tegi, võis ta tessalooniklastele meelde tuletada: „Te.. teate, kuidas me igaüht teie seast otsekui isa oma lapsi õhutasime ja julgustasime, teid manitsedes elama nõnda, kuidas kohus on Jumala ees ”.