1 Thessalonians 3:12

3:12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

1 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

2:13 And so ³  we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, ⁴  you accepted it not as a human message, ⁵  but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

3:5 So ⁶  when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

¹ tn Or “for this reason.”

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

¹ tn Grk “for this reason,” which seems to look back to Paul’s behavior just described. But it may look forward to v. 13b and mean: “and here is another reason that we constantly thank God: that…”

² tn Grk “God’s word of hearing from us.”

³ tn Paul’s focus is their attitude toward the message he preached: They received it not as a human message but a message from God.

¹ tn Or “for this reason.”