1 Thessalonians 2:8
2:8 with such affection for you 1 we were happy 2 to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, 3 of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,
1 tn Grk “longing for you in this way.”
2 tn Or “we are happy.” This verb may be past or present tense, but the context favors the past.
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.