1 Thessalonians 3:7-9

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. 3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you, 4  for all the joy we feel 5  because of you before our God?

1 tn Or “for this reason.”

2 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

3 tn Grk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5).

4 tn Grk “what thanks can we render to God about you.”

5 tn Grk “all the joy with which we rejoice.”