What Does 1 Thessalonians 3:7 Mean?

“Therefore”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

that thing

“we were comforted”

to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)

“brethren”

a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like g0001)

“in”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“you”

to (with or by) you

“in”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“all”

all, any, every, the whole

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“affliction”

pressure (literally or figuratively)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“distress”

constraint (literally or figuratively); by implication, distress

“our”

of (or from) us

“Therefore”

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“your”

of (from or concerning) you

“faith”

persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of god or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon christ