1 Thessalonians 3:1

3:1 So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens ¹  alone.

1 Thessalonians 3:8

3:8 For now we are alive again, ²  if you stand firm in the Lord.

[3:1]  ¹ map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[3:8]  ² 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).