1 Thessalonians 3:7
Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
KJV
διὰ τοῦτο παρεκλήθημεν, ἀδελφοί, ἐφ’ ὑμῖν ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ ἀνάγκῃ καὶ θλίψει ἡμῶν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν πίστεως,
Greek NT
ideo consolati sumus, fratres, in vobis in omni necessitate et tribulatione nostra, per fidem vestram,
Vulgate
for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:
ASV
Therefore we were comforted, brethren, in you, in all our necessity and tribulation, by your faith.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἀνάγκῃ καὶ θλίψει — SBLGNT
- ἀνάγκῃ καὶ θλίψει — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- θλίψει καὶ ἀνάγκῃ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 3:9 — For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
- 2Cor 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
- 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 2John 1:4 — I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
- Col 4:11 — And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
- John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
- Luke 15:6 — And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
- Rom 1:12 — That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.