3:7 So 1 in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, 2 through your faith.
3:8 For now we are alive again, 3 if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 tn Or “for this reason.”
2 tnGrk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
3 tnGrk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5).