This is a heart-warming passage which reminds us that the gospel creates close family bonds. As people receive Christ, they are born again – becoming children of God (John 1:12). Therefore, they are spiritual brothers and sisters to each other (1 Thessalonians 1:4). These are real relationships with genuine desires to see God's blessing come to each other, to support each other in difficulty and a deep longing to be with each other. For Paul, his sudden departure from the new believers in Thessalonica, because of persecution, was a personal bereavement.
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