1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

English Standard Version

Timothy's Encouraging Report

⁶ But ^(A)now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of ^(B)your faith and love and reported ^(C)that you always remember us kindly and ^(D)long to see us, as we long to see you— ⁷ for this reason, brothers,^[a] in all our distress and affliction ^(E)we have been comforted about you through your faith. ⁸ For now we live, if you ^(F)are standing fast in the Lord. ⁹ For ^(G)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, ¹⁰ as we pray most earnestly ^(H)night and day ^(I)that we may see you face to face and ^(J)supply what is lacking in your faith?

¹¹ Now may ^(K)our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, ^(L)direct our way to you, ¹² and may the Lord ^(M)make you increase and abound in love ^(N)for one another and for all, as we do for you, ¹³ so that he may ^(O)establish your hearts blameless in holiness before ^(P)our God and Father, at ^(Q)the coming of our Lord Jesus ^(R)with all his saints.