Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Thessalonians 3:8
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1 Thessalonians3:8
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).
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