Passage

Their faith brings comfort

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁸For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 3:8World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writers say they live now if their readers stand firm in the Lord.

They describe receiving comfort through the readers' faith amid their own distress, then speak of joy and thanksgiving to God for them.

How does the readers' faith affect the writers in their affliction?