Discovery Box1 Thessalonians 3:7-9 
Context3:7 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.”
