1 Thessalonians 3:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

1 Thessalonians 3:8 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:23
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Hebrews 4:14
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;(for he is faithful that promised;)

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-10)

Here we have Paul’s great satisfaction upon the return of Timothy with good tidings from the Thessalonians, in which we may observe, I. The good report Timothy made concerning them, 1 Thess. 3:6. Without question, he was a willing messenger of these good tidings. Concerning their faith, that is, concerning their stedfastness in the faith, that they were not shaken in mind, nor turned aside form th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. now--as the case is; seeing ye stand fast. we live--we flourish. It revives us in our affliction to hear of your steadfastness (Psa 22:26; 2Jo 3:4). if--implying that the vivid joy which the missionaries “now” feel, will continue if the Thessalonians continue steadfast. They still needed exhortation, 1Th 3:10; therefore he subjoins the conditional clause, “if ye,” &c. (Php 4:1).