1 Thessalonians 3:7-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10

Here we have Paul's great satisfaction upon the return of Timothy with good tidings from the Thessalonians, in which we may observe, I. The good report Timothy made concerning them, 1 Thess. 3:6. Without question, he was a willing messenger of these good tidings. Concerning their faith, that is, concerning their stedfastness in the faith, that they were not shaken in mind, nor turned aside form the profession of the gospel. Their love also continued; their love to the gospel, and the ministers... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-10

3:1-10 So, when we could not stand it any longer, we made up our minds to be left all alone in Athens, and we sent Timothy our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith, to see that none of you is beguiled into leaving the faith because of these afflictions, for you yourselves know that that is the very work that God has appointed us to do. For, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we Christians always suffer for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over, you ,.... Or "in you", as the Vulgate Latin version; or "from you", as the Arabic; or "by you", as the Syriac; or "for you", as the Ethiopic; that is, on account of them, either by what they had heard was in them, or had heard from them. This gave abundant consolation in all our affliction and distress : which they met with at Corinth, where the apostle laboured with his own hands, and ministered to his own, and the necessities of others, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

For now we live ,.... Before they were dead men, lifeless, disconsolate, dispirited, carrying about with them the dying of the Lord Jesus, and death working in them, and they, as it were, under the sentence of that, being killed all the day long for Christ's sake; but now, upon this news, in the midst of all their sore trials and troubles, their spirits revived, and they became alive and cheerful; see Psalm 22:26 , it was like life from the dead unto them: if ye stand fast in the Lord ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

Therefore - we were comforted - My afflictions and persecutions seemed trifles when I heard of your perseverance in the faith. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

For now we live - Your steadfastness in the faith gives me new life and comfort; I now feel that I live to some purpose, as my labor in the Lord is not in vain. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

Verse 8 8For now we live. Here it appears still more clearly that Paul almost forgot himself for the sake of the Thessalonians, or, at least, making regard for himself a mere secondary consideration, devoted his first and chief thoughts to them. At the same time he did not do that so much from affection to men as from a desire for the Lord’s glory. For zeal for God and Christ glowed in his holy breast to such a degree that it in a manner swallowed up all other anxieties. “We live, ” says he,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

I. PAUL ALONE AT ATHENS . "Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone." There is continued the use of the plural; but it is to be regarded as corrected by the use of the singular in the fifth verse. The correction relates to the mission of Timothy, which is to be understood as covering Paul's being left behind at Athens. For want of full materials it is difficult to understand the bearing of what is said in the Acts of the Apostles... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you —with reference to you— in all our affliction and distress. Some refer "affliction" to outward troubles, and "distress" to internal evils—referring the one to the persecutions arising from his Corinthian opponents, and the other to his bodily infirmity (Koch). Such a distinction is, however, precarious. The words do not refer to the apostle's anxiety on account of the Thessalonians, for that was removed by the coming of Timothy. Clearly some... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Thessalonians 3:7

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