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1 Thessalonians 3:6

Weymouth NT

But now that Timothy has recently come back to us from you, and has brought us the happy tidings of your faith and love, and has told us how you still cherish a constant and affectionate recollection of us, and are longing to see us as we also long to see you–

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He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. At Lystra he found a disciple, Timothy by name–the son of a Christian Jewess, though he had a Greek father.

After this he left Athens and came to Corinth.

Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything, and because you hold fast truths and practices precisely as I have taught them to you.

And so there remain Faith, Hope, Love–these three; and of these the greatest is Love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any importance; but only faith working through love.

For God is my witness how I yearn over all of you with tender Christian affection.

because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which you cherish towards all God's people,

I Paul add with my own hand this final greeting. Be mindful of me in my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

For we never fail to remember your works of faith and labours of love and your persistent and unwavering hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father;

But we, brethren, having been for a short time separated from you in bodily presence, though not in heart, endeavoured all the more earnestly, with intense longing, to see you face to face.

For you remember, brethren, our labour and toil: how, working night and day so as not to become a burden to any one of you, we came and proclaimed among you God's Good News.

for this reason in our distress and trouble we have been comforted about you, brethren, by your faith.

Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on increasing.

But the end sought to be secured by exhortation is the love which springs from a pure heart, a clear conscience and a sincere faith.

I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience –as my forefathers did– that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers,

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;

Remember prisoners, as if you were in prison with them; and remember those suffering ill-treatment, for you yourselves also are still in the body.

Remember your former leaders–it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.

And this is His command–that we are to believe in His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He has commanded us to do.




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