1 Thessalonians 1:8-9

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. 1:9 For people everywhere ³  report how you welcomed us ⁴  and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

1 Thessalonians 3:6

3:6 But now Timothy has come ⁵  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ⁶  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁷ 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Or “the word of the Lord.”

[1:8]  ² tn Grk “your faith in God has gone out.”

[1:9]  ³ tn Grk “they themselves,” referring to people in the places just mentioned.

[1:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “what sort of entrance we had to you” (an idiom for how someone is received).

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

[3:6]  ⁶ tn Grk “you have a good remembrance of us always.”

[3:6]  ⁷ tn Grk “just as also we you.”