1 Thessalonians 3:5-8

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.

3:6 But now Timothy has come ²  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ³  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁴  3:7 So ⁵  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ⁶  through your faith. 3:8 For now we are alive again, ⁷  if you stand firm in the Lord.

[3:5]  ¹ tn Or “for this reason.”

[3:6]  ² tn Grk “but now Timothy having come,” a subordinate clause leading to the main clause of v. 7.

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

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “just as also we you.”

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “for this reason.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[3:8]  ⁷ 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).