“"But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you." "Brought us glad tidings," he says. Do you see the excessive joy of Paul? he does not say, brought us word, but "brought…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 1 Thessalonians 4
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6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
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4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
— 1 Thessalonians 3:6 —
7Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: