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1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
New English Translation
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
New English Translation
7 So[a] in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters,[b] through your faith. 8 For now we are alive again,[c] if you stand firm in the Lord. 9 For how can we thank God enough for you,[d] for all the joy we feel[e] because of you before our God?
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:7 tn Or “for this reason.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:7 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:8 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).
- 1 Thessalonians 3:9 tn Grk “what thanks can we render to God about you.”
- 1 Thessalonians 3:9 tn Grk “all the joy with which we rejoice.”
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