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1 Thessalonians 3:4-6
Lexham English Bible
1 Thessalonians 3:4-6
Lexham English Bible
4 for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know. 5 Because of this, I also, when I[a] could endure it no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain.
Timothy’s Positive Report
6 But now, because[b] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us[c], desiring to see us just as also we desire to see you,
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“could endure”) which is understood as temporal
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has come”) which is understood as causal
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6 Literally “that you have kindly remembrance of us always”
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