3:5 So 1 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 Thessalonians 3:8
3:8 For now we are alive again, 2 if you stand firm in the Lord.
1 tn Or “for this reason.”
2 tnGrk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5).