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1 Thessalonians 3:7
ESV for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.
NIV Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
NASB for this reason, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith;
CSB Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and affliction, we were encouraged about you through your faith.
NLT So we have been greatly encouraged in the midst of our troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith.
KJV Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
NKJV therefore, brethren, in all our affliction and distress we were comforted concerning you by your faith.

What does 1 Thessalonians 3:7 mean?

Timothy's report encouraged Paul and his coworkers. Knowing that the Thessalonians were doing well spiritually lifted their spirits in the midst of the persecution they were encountering. They and the Thessalonian believers were brothers, members of God's family by faith in Jesus Christ. At the beginning of his letter, Paul had called his readers "brothers loved of God" (1 Thessalonians 1:4). Now the love of God was flowing from the Thessalonian brothers to Paul and his missionary team.

Jesus said, "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12). To love one another as Jesus loved us involves sincerity, compassion, forgiveness, and self-sacrifice. It also means to never stop loving our fellow Christians. John 13:1 tells us that, "… having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end." The apostle John reflected on Christian love as evidence of one's salvation. He wrote: "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers…" (1 John 3:14).
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