1 Thessalonians 1:8

1:8 For from you the message of the Lord ¹  has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, ²  so that we do not need to say anything.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

2:9 For you recall, brothers and sisters, ³  our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ⁴  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ⁵  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁶ 

¹ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

² tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

³ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

⁵ tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

⁶ tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

⁷ tn Grk “just as also we you.”