1 Thessalonians 3
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-7

3so that noG3367 oneG3367 would be 1disturbedG4525 by theseG3778 afflictionsG2347. For you yourselvesG846 knowG3609 that 2we have been destinedG2749 for thisG3778. 4For evenG2532 whenG3753 we were with you, we kept tellingG4302 you inG4302 advanceG4302 that we wereG3195 goingG3195 toG3195 sufferG2346 afflictionG2346; 34and soG2531 it happenedG1096, 5as you knowG3609. 5For thisG3778 reasonG1223, 6when I could noG3371 longerG3371 endureG4722 it, I alsoG2532 7sentG3992 to 8findG1097 outG1097 about your faithG4102, for fearG3381 that 9the tempterG3985 might have temptedG3985 you, and 10our laborG2873 would be for nothingG2756.

6But nowG737 that 11TimothyG5095 has comeG2064 to us from you, and has broughtG2097 us goodG2097 newsG2097 of 12your faithG4102 and loveG26, and that you alwaysG3842 13thinkG2192G3417 kindlyG18 of us, longingG1971 to seeG3708 us justG2509 asG2509 we alsoG2532 long to see you, 7for thisG3778 reasonG1223, brothersG80 and sisters, in allG3956 our distressG318 and afflictionG2347 we were comfortedG3870 aboutG1909 you throughG1223 your faithG4102;

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Or deceived ↩
  2. 2. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 Acts 9:16; 14:22 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Lit just as ↩
  4. 4. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 1 Thess 2:14 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Lit and ↩
  6. 6. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Phil 2:19; 1 Thess 3:1 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 1 Thess 3:2 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Or to know, to ascertain ↩
  9. 9. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Matt 4:3 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 2 Cor 6:1; Phil 2:16 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 Acts 18:5 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 1 Thess 1:3 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 1 Cor 11:2 ↩

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