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For you know that we are destined for this. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Timothy’s Encouraging Report<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>our brother and God’s fellow worker</i>; NE, WH, BYZ, and TR <i>our brother and minister of God</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>unlimited usage</a> available. 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