1 Thessalonians 3:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ For this reason, brothers and sisters,^[a] during all our distress and persecution we have been encouraged about you through your faith. ⁸ For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord. ⁹ How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy that we feel before our God because of you?