1 Thessalonians 3:7-8

3:7 So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith. 3:8 For now we are alive again, ³  if you stand firm in the Lord.

[3:7]  ¹ tn Or “for this reason.”

[3:7]  ² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[3:8]  ³ 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).