And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,

So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith.

And so ¹  we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, ²  you accepted it not as a human message, ³  but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

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.