1 Thessalonians 3:8
For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.
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6 But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!
7 So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith.
9 For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?
10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
11 Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
15 Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.
3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.
3 I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.
4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
12 As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.
4 And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing– and will do– what we are commanding.
5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.
3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 for we live by faith, not by sight.
8 Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
1 Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
4 Now we have such confidence in God through Christ.
8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
7 And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
13 Final Challenge and Blessing Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.
19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
20 For you are our glory and joy!
27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,
11 This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him.
12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
4 For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.
13 Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit.
7 I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
8 Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith,
18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.
6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
7 As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
9 For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.
8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.