4. for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.
5. Because of this, I also, when I could endure it no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain.
6. But now, because Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, desiring to see us just as also we desire to see you,
7. because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,
8. because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.