1 Thessalonians 2:8 Parallel Translations

We felt so strongly about you that we were determined to share with you not only the Good News of God but also our lives. That's how dear you were to us!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.

ASV:

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

BBE:

Even so, being full of loving desire for you, we took delight in giving you not only God's good news, but even our lives, because you were dear to us.

DBY:

Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings of God, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us.

ERV:

even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.

WEY:

Seeing that we were thus drawn affectionately towards you, it would have been a joy to us to have imparted to you not only God's Good News, but to have given our very lives also, because you had become very dear to us.

WBS:

So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear to us.

WEB:

Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.

YLT:

so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,

1 Thessalonians 2:8 Cross References

XREF:

Romans 1:1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

2 Corinthians 12:15 I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

1 John 3:16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:8 {6} So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
(6) To consider the flock that is committed to him as more important than his own life.

PNT:

2:8 But also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. You were so dear to us that we not only were willing to impart the gospel, but would have given our lives to you and for you.

WES:

2:8 To impart our own souls - To lay down our lives for your sake.

MHC:

2:7-12 Mildness and tenderness greatly recommend religion, and are most conformable to God's gracious dealing with sinners, in and by the gospel. This is the way to win people. We should not only be faithful to our calling as Christians, but in our particular callings and relations. Our great gospel privilege is, that God has called us to his kingdom and glory. The great gospel duty is, that we walk worthy of God. We should live as becomes those called with such a high and holy calling. Our great business is to honour, serve, and please God, and to seek to be worthy of him.

CONC:

Affection Affectionately Beloved Dear Delight Delighted Desire Desirous Drawn Fond Full Giving Glad God's Gospel Impart Imparted Joy Longing Loving News Pleased Ready Seeing Selves Share Souls Thus Tidings Towards Well-pleased Willing Yearning

Affection Dear Delighted Desire Desirous Fond Full Good Gospel Impart Imparted Joy Longing News Pleased Ready Selves Share Souls Towards Well-Pleased Willing

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