1 Thessalonians 3:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

And brought

2 Corinthians 7:5

Faith

1 John 3:23

And that

Desiring

1 Thessalonians 3:9

1 Thessalonians 2:17

Philippians 1:8

General references

1 Corinthians 16:14

Bible References

And brought

Ever since we reached Macedonia, we have had no rest in body or mind; on every side there have been troubles--conflicts without, anxieties within.

Faith

Meanwhile Faith, Hope, and Love endure-these three, but the greatest of these is Love.

If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

Now that we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all his People,

Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

The object of all instruction is to call forth that love which comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

Because I hear of the love and the faith which you show, not only to the Lord Jesus, but also to all his People;

His Command is this--that we should put our trust in the Name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, in accordance with the Command that he gave us.

And that

Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God's Good News.

I praise you, indeed, because you never forget me, and are keeping my injunctions in mind, exactly as I laid them upon you.

I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. Remember these chains of mine. God's blessing be with you.

I am thankful to God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, when I remember you, as I never fail to do, in my prayers--night and day alike,

Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

Desiring

How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of our God?

As for ourselves, Brothers, our having been bereaved of you even for a short time--though in body only, and not in spirit--made us all the more eager to see your faces again; and the longing to do so was strong upon us.

God will bear me witness how I yearn over you all with the tenderness of Christ Jesus.

General references

Let everything you do be done in a loving spirit.