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1 Thessalonians 3:6-9

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3:6 But now Timothy has come 1  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection 2  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! 3  3:7 So 4  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, 5  through your faith. 3:8 For now we are alive again, 6  if you stand firm in the Lord. 3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you, 7  for all the joy we feel 8  because of you before our God?

1 tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

2 tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

3 tn Grk “just as also we you.”

4 tn Or “for this reason.”

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

6 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).

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

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



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