1 Thessalonians 2:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ So, being thus tenderly and affectionately desirous of you, we continued to share with you not only God's good news (the Gospel) but also our own lives as well, for you had become so very dear to us.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

Common English Bible

⁸ We were glad to share not only God’s good news with you but also our very lives because we cared for you so much.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ So desirous were we for you that we were willing to hand over to you, not only the Gospel of God, but even our own souls. For you have become most beloved to us.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ So desirous of you, we would gladly impart unto you not only the gospel of God, but also our own souls: because you were become most dear unto us.

1 Thessalonians 2:8 Cross References

Luke 7:2

A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly and who was ill and close to death.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Romans 10:1

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

Romans 15:29

and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

2 Corinthians 6:1

As we work together with him, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.

Galatians 4:19

My little children, for whom I am again in the pain of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the tender affection of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you;

Philippians 2:20

I have no one so like myself who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

Colossians 1:28

It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.

Colossians 1:7

This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

Philemon 1:1

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To our beloved coworker Philemon,

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing, for that would be harmful to you.

1 John 3:16

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.