1Th 2:1. Γὰρ, for) This refers to ch. 1Th 1:5-6; for what was there laid down as the proposition, is now taken up again to be discussed, and that, too, regarding Paul and his companions, 1Th 2:1-12; regarding the Thessalonians, 1Th 2:13-16.-οὐ κενὴ, not vain) but full of power.