Verse Lens · Context pointer
1 Thessalonians 3:6 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 6. 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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Role in This Section
Timothy's return begins the answer with good news of faith, love, affectionate memory, and mutual desire for reunion.
Read It With
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10
Read 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 as one complete movement. Verse 6 reports Timothy's return and news; verses 7-9 describe the resulting comfort, renewed life, gratitude, and joy; verse 10 turns that joy into intense prayer for reunion and further growth. Verse 11 begins the prayer wish itself. Timothy reports the church's faith, love, and affectionate remembrance; this steadiness comforts the missionaries in their own distress, produces abundant thanks and joy before God, and intensifies prayer for face-to-face reunion and growth.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs its stated role only inside 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10; isolating it would hide the movement from Verses 1-5 explain Timothy's strengthening mission and the fear that affliction might unsettle the church. to Verses 11-13 ask God and the Lord Jesus to direct reunion, increase love toward all, and establish holy hearts at Jesus's coming.. Specifically, Timothy's return begins the answer with good news of faith, love, affectionate memory, and mutual desire for reunion.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 — Timothy's Good News Turns Distress into Joy and Further PrayerSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: The exact pinned KJV wording and immediate English context for 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10.
Exact location: eBible/CrossWire eng-kjv2006 USFM, source files dated 2026-08-19, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10; archive and normalized-corpus SHA-256 values are recorded in the shared library policy.
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: The critically edited Greek wording, connective structure, lexical forms, and variation markers.
Exact location: Official SBLGNT repository, data/sblgnt/text/1Thess.txt, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10.
Open the 1 Thessalonians Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible - 1 Thessalonians with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005-2026 online edition
Supports: Material translation choices, syntax, and textual variants checked at the cited verses.
Exact location: NET Bible official 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 print view, translator, study, and textual notes attached to verses 6-10.
Open NET 1 Thessalonians 3 notesmodern open commentary
1 Thessalonians
David W. Chapman
The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, 2023
Supports: A complete current evangelical commentary check on literary flow, historical setting, grammar, theology, and major interpretations.
Exact location: David W. Chapman, The Gospel Coalition Bible Commentary, “1 Thessalonians,” Joy at Timothy's Report (3:6-10).
Open source ↗modern annotated new testament
1 Thessalonians introduction and annotations in The Jewish Annotated New Testament
David Fox Sandmel; edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler
Oxford University Press, 2011
Supports: A Jewish-context and historical-critical check on audience, persecution, polemic, ethics, resurrection, day-of-the-Lord imagery, and communal practice.
Exact location: David Fox Sandmel, “1 Thessalonians,” in The Jewish Annotated New Testament (2011 first edition), print p. 375 annotations on 3:6-10.
Open source ↗