Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Thessalonians 3:6

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6. Join "now" with "come"; "But Timotheus having just now come from you unto us" [ALFORD]. Thus it appears (compare Acts 18:5 ) Paul is writing from Corinth. your faith and charity — ( 1 Thessalonians 1:3 ; compare 1 Thessalonians 1:3- : , whence it seems their faith subsequently increased still more). Faith was the solid foundation: charity the cement which held together the superstructure of their practice on that foundation. In that charity was included their "good (kindly) remembrance" of their teachers. desiring greatly — Greek, "having a yearning desire for." we also —The desires of loving friends for one another's presence are reciprocal. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1th-3-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/1th-3-6

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological