en_tn/1th/02/14.md

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# brothers
Here this means fellow Christians, including both men and women.
# became imitators of the churches
The Thessalonian believers endured persecutions similar to the Judean believers. "became like the churches"
# from your own countrymen
"from other Thessalonians"
# They forbid us to speak
"They try to make us stop speaking"
# they always fill up their own sins
Paul speaks as though someone can fill a container with their own sins as with liquid. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# Wrath must come on them in the end
This refers to God finally judging and punishing people for their sins.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judea]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/gentile]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wrath]]