For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;

 (i) He prays to God to open a way for him whereby he may come to Thessalonica. It was to God that he turned for guidance in the ordinary day to day problems of life. One of the great mistakes of life is to turn to God only in the overpowering emergencies and the shattering crises. 