Passage
Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all: making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
1 Thessalonians 1:2 (DRB)
Nearby Context
1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians: in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all: making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing,
1 Thessalonians 1:3 Being mindful of the work of your faith and labour and charity: and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 Knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election:
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "grace", "peace", "give", "thanks", "always", "making", "remembrance", and "prayers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "peace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy to the..." into verse 3's "Being mindful of the work of your...", so "grace" and "peace" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.