1 Thessalonians 3:8 KJV — MannaFest

1 Thessalonians 3:8

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

YLT

because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;

DBT

because now we live if ye stand firm in [the] Lord.

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1 Thessalonians — Paul's earliest letter. Thanksgiving for a young church's faith, and plain teaching on holy living and the return of Christ.

Author: Paul, with Silvanus and Timothy (1:1)
Date: c. AD 50–51, from Corinth

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1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Colossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Hebrews 4:14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

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It was easy to him to bear affliction, or persecution, or fightings from without, when he found the good success of his ministry and the constancy of the converts he had made to Christianity; and his distress of mind on account of his fears within, lest he had laboured in vain, was now in a good measure over, when he understood their faith and the perseverance of it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It would have been a killing thing to the apostles if the professors of religion had been unsteady, or proved apostates; whereas nothing was more encouraging than their constancy. The effects of this were thankfulness and prayer to God on their behalf. How thankful the apostle was,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

now--as the case is; seeing ye stand fast. we live--we flourish. It revives us in our affliction to hear of your steadfastness (Ps 22:26; 2Jo 3:4). if--implying that the vivid joy which the missionaries "now" feel, will continue if the Thessalonians continue steadfast.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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