1 Tesalonika 3:8-13
Konteks3:8 For now we are alive again, 1 if you stand firm in the Lord. 3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you, 2 for all the joy we feel 3 because of you before our God? 3:10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person 4 and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
3:11 Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. 3:12 And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, 3:13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. 5
[3:8] 1 tn Grk “because now we live,” in comparison with his feelings of dread in not knowing how they were doing (cf. 2:17-3:5).
[3:9] 2 tn Grk “what thanks can we render to God about you.”
[3:9] 3 tn Grk “all the joy with which we rejoice.”
[3:10] 4 tn Grk “to see your face.”
[3:13] 5 tc ‡ Important and early witnesses (א* A D* 81 629 lat) have ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”) at the end of this benediction, while the majority of