For now we really live, since you are standing firm(A) in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you(B) in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?(C) 10 Night and day we pray(D) most earnestly that we may see you again(E) and supply what is lacking in your faith.

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For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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For we now live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Concluding Thanksgiving and Prayer. [a]What thanksgiving, then, can we render to God for you, for all the joy we feel on your account before our God? 10 Night and day we pray beyond measure to see you in person and to remedy the deficiencies of your faith.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:9–10 The tension between Paul’s optimism concerning the Thessalonians’ faith and his worries about their perseverance remains unresolved. Perhaps this is accounted for not only by the continuing harassment but also by the shortness of his own stay in Thessalonica (even if that were over twice as long as the conventional three weeks that Luke assigns to it, Acts 17:2).