1 Thessalonians 3:8 Parallel Translations
NASB: for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Now we can go on living as long as you keep your relationship with the Lord firm.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
ASV: for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
BBE: For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
DBY: because now we live if ye stand firm in the Lord.
ERV: for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
WEY: For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.
WBS: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
WEB: For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
YLT: because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;
1 Thessalonians 3:8 Cross References
XREF:1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 3:8 For now we {a} live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
(a) For now you cannot otherwise think of me as at rest and in a good state of being, unless you go forward in religion and faith.
PNT: 3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. How tender his affection for them if he could say that good news from them filled him with new life!
WES: 3:8 Now we live - Indeed; we enjoy life: so great is our affection for you.
MHC: 3:6-10 Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. That which was the instrument to obtain faith, is also the means of increasing and confirming it, namely, the ordinances of God; and as faith cometh by hearing, so it is confirmed by hearing also.
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