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Selected Verse: 1 Thessalonians 3:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Th 3:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore [1223] [5124], brethren [80], we were comforted [3870] over [1909] you [5213] in [1909] all [3956] our [2257] affliction [2347] and [2532] distress [318] by [1223] your [5216] faith [4102]: |
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King James |
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
over you--in respect to you.
in--in the midst of: notwithstanding "all our distress (Greek, 'necessity') and affliction," namely, external trials at Corinth, whence Paul writes (compare Th1 3:6, with Act 18:5-10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| We were comforted over you - See the notes, Co2 1:3-7; Co2 7:6-7. The sense here is, that their steadfastness was a great source of comfort to him in his trials. It was an instance where the holy lives and the fidelity of a people did much, as will always be the case, to lighten the burdens and cheer the heart of a minister of the gospel. In the inevitable trials of the ministerial office there is no source of comfort more rich and pure than this. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Affliction (ἀνάγκῃ)
Rev. distress. The derivation from ἄγξειν to press tightly, to choke (Lightfoot, Ellicott) is doubtful. In the sense of urgency, distress, seldom in Class. See Co1 7:26; Co2 6:4; Co2 12:10; Luk 21:23. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Therefore - we were comforted - My afflictions and persecutions seemed trifles when I heard of your perseverance in the faith. |
5 And [1161] when [5613] [5037] Silas [4609] and [2532] Timotheus [5095] were come [2718] from [575] Macedonia [3109], Paul [3972] was pressed [4912] in the spirit [4151], and testified [1263] to the Jews [2453] that Jesus [2424] was Christ [5547].
6 And [1161] when they opposed [498] themselves [846], and [2532] blasphemed [987], he shook [1621] his raiment [2440], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Your [5216] blood [129] be upon [1909] your [5216] own heads [2776]; I [1473] am clean [2513]: from [575] henceforth [3568] I will go [4198] unto [1519] the Gentiles [1484].
7 And [2532] he departed [3327] thence [1564], and entered [2064] into [1519] a certain [5100] man's house [3614], named [3686] Justus [2459], one that worshipped [4576] God [2316], whose [3739] house [3614] joined hard [4927] [2258] to the synagogue [4864].
8 And [1161] Crispus [2921], the chief ruler of the synagogue [752], believed [4100] on the Lord [2962] with [4862] all [3650] his [846] house [3624]; and [2532] many [4183] of the Corinthians [2881] hearing [191] believed [4100], and [2532] were baptized [907].
9 Then [1161] spake [2036] the Lord [2962] to Paul [3972] in [1223] the night [3571] by [1722] a vision [3705], Be [5399] not [3361] afraid [5399], but [235] speak [2980], and [2532] hold [4623] not [3361] thy peace [4623]:
10 For [1360] I [1473] am [1510] with [3326] thee [4675], and [2532] no man [3762] shall set on [2007] thee [4671] to hurt [2559] thee [4571]: for [1360] I [3427] have [2076] much [4183] people [2992] in [1722] this [5026] city [4172].
6 But [1161] now [737] when Timotheus [5095] came [2064] from [575] you [5216] unto [4314] us [2248], and [2532] brought [2097] us [2254] good tidings [2097] of your [5216] faith [4102] and [2532] charity [26], and [2532] that [3754] ye have [2192] good [18] remembrance [3417] of us [2257] always [3842], desiring greatly [1971] to see [1492] us [2248], as [2509] we [2249] also [2532] to see you [5209]:
6 Nevertheless [235] God [2316], that comforteth [3870] those that are cast down [5011], comforted [3870] us [2248] by [1722] the coming [3952] of Titus [5103];
7 And [1161] not [3756] by [1722] his [846] coming [3952] only [3440], but [235] [2532] by [1722] the consolation [3874] wherewith [3739] he was comforted [3870] in [1909] you [5213], when he told [312] us [2254] your [5216] earnest desire [1972], your [5216] mourning [3602], your [5216] fervent mind [2205] toward [5228] me [1700]; so [5620] that I [3165] rejoiced [5463] the more [3123].
3 Blessed [2128] be God [2316], even [2532] the Father [3962] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], the Father [3962] of mercies [3628], and [2532] the God [2316] of all [3956] comfort [3874];
4 Who [3588] comforteth [3870] us [2248] in [1909] all [3956] our [2257] tribulation [2347], that [1519] we [2248] may be able [1410] to comfort [3870] them which are in [1722] any [3956] trouble [2347], by [1223] the comfort [3874] wherewith [3739] we [3870] ourselves [846] are comforted [3870] of [5259] God [2316].
5 For [3754] as [2531] the sufferings [3804] of Christ [5547] abound [4052] in [1519] us [2248], so [3779] our [2257] consolation [3874] also [2532] aboundeth [4052] by [1223] Christ [5547].
6 And [1161] whether [1535] we be afflicted [2346], it is for [5228] your [5216] consolation [3874] and [2532] salvation [4991], which [3588] is effectual [1754] in [1722] the enduring [5281] of the same [846] sufferings [3804] which [3739] we [2249] also [2532] suffer [3958]: or whether [1535] we be comforted [3870], it is for [5228] your [5216] consolation [3874] and [2532] salvation [4991].
7 And [2532] our [2257] hope [1680] of [5228] you [5216] is stedfast [949], knowing [1492], that [3754] as [5618] ye are [2075] partakers [2844] of the sufferings [3804], so [3779] shall ye be also [2532] of the consolation [3874].
23 But [1161] woe [3759] unto [1722] them that are with child [1064] [2192], and [2532] to them that give suck [2337], in [1722] those [1565] days [2250]! for [1063] there shall be [2071] great [3173] distress [318] in [1909] the land [1093], and [2532] wrath [3709] upon [1722] this [5129] people [2992].
10 Therefore [1352] I take pleasure [2106] in [1722] infirmities [769], in [1722] reproaches [5196], in [1722] necessities [318], in [1722] persecutions [1375], in [1722] distresses [4730] for [5228] Christ's [5547] sake [5228]: for [1063] when [3752] I am weak [770], then [5119] am [1510] I strong [1415].
4 But [235] in [1722] all [3956] things approving [4921] ourselves [1438] as [5613] the ministers [1249] of God [2316], in [1722] much [4183] patience [5281], in [1722] afflictions [2347], in [1722] necessities [318], in [1722] distresses [4730],
26 I suppose [3543] therefore [3767] that this [5124] is [5225] good [2570] for [1223] the present [1764] distress [318], I say, that [3754] it is good [2570] for a man [444] so [3779] to be [1511].