remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything.

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

Timothy's Encouraging Report

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you—

for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.

as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?