The brothers who were taking the lead among the Thessalonian Christians were not as experienced as Paul and his traveling companions; nor did they have the rich spiritual heritage of the elders in Jerusalem. After all, the congregation had existed for less than a year!
لَمْ يَتَمَتَّعِ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوُا ٱلْقِيَادَةَ بَيْنَ ٱلْمَسِيحِيِّينَ فِي تَسَالُونِيكِي بِخِبْرَةٍ تُضَاهِي خِبْرَةَ بُولُسَ وَرِفَاقِهِ فِي ٱلسَّفَرِ .‏