1 Thessalonians 3:7

1 Thessalonians 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.
• New King James Version (NKJV)therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 3:7

5For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faithfulness, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be in vain. 6But now that Timothy has come to us from you and brought us the good news of your faithfulness and love, and that you always have good memories of us, longing to see us just as we long to see you— because of this, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and trouble, we were comforted about you by your faithfulness. 8For now we live, since you are standing firm in the Lord. 9For what thanks would be enough to offer to God, in return for all the joy we feel before our God because of you?

1 Thessalonians 3:7 word by word

διὰ τοῦτο παρεκλήθημεν, ἀδελφοί, ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ ἀνάγκῃ καὶ θλίψει ἡμῶν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν πίστεως·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·οὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• Thereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
• we were comfortedπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• overἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• youσύsu · youG4771
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• afflictionθλῖψιςthlipsis · pressureG2347
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• distressἀνάγκηanagkē · necessityG318
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 3:7

• 1 Thessalonians 3:8For now we live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 1:4He encourages us in every trouble, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any trouble, through the very encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God.
• 2 Corinthians 7:6But God, who encourages the downcast, encouraged us with the arrival of Titus;
• 2 John 1:4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received as a commandment from the Father.
• Acts 17:4Some of them were convinced and became attached to Paul and Silas, as were a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and no small number of the leading women.
• 1 Corinthians 4:9For it seems to me that God has put us, the emissaries, on display last of all—like men sentenced to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Messiah? I am more so—I speak like I’m out of my mind—in labors much more, in prisons much more, in beatings more brutal, near death often.
• 2 Timothy 3:10You, however, closely followed my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faithfulness, patience, love, perseverance—

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Therefore - we were comforted - My afflictions and persecutions seemed trifles when I heard of your perseverance in the faith.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7We were comforted over you - See the notes, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7; 2 Corinthians 7:6-7. The sense here is, that their steadfastness was a great source of comfort to him in his trials. It was an instance where the holy lives and the fidelity of a people did much, as will always be the case, to lighten the burdens and cheer the heart of a minister of the gospel. In the inevitable trials of the ministerial office there is no source of comfort more rich and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. That which was the instrument to obtain faith, is also the means of increasing and confirming it, namely, the ordinances of God; and as faith cometh by hearing, so it is confirmed by hearing also.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13The letter begins by discussing the character of Paul and his associates, as well as how the Thessalonians accepted the good news (2:1–12; 13–16). It emphasizes Paul’s genuine care for the church, mentioning: his efforts to visit them again (2:17–20), and his choice to send Timothy when he could not go himself (3:1–5). It concludes with the apostle Paul’s happiness about Timothy’s positive report and his prayers to return to the church (3:6–9; 10–13)…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. over you--in respect to you. in--in the midst of: notwithstanding "all our distress (Greek, 'necessity') and affliction," namely, external trials at Corinth, whence Paul writes (compare 1Th 3:6, with Ac 18:5-10).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 3:7

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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings