1 Thessalonians 3:8

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Because, now, we live, - if only, ye, stand fast in the Lord.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

King James Version (1611)
For now we liue, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

King James Version
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

English Standard Version
For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord.

New American Standard Bible
for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

New Century Version
Our life is really full if you stand strong in the Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible
For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Your strong faith in the Lord is like a breath of new life.

Complete Jewish Bible
so that now we are alive; since you continue to stand fast, united with the Lord.

Darby Translation
because now we live if *ye* stand firm in [the] Lord.

Easy-to-Read Version
Our life is really full if you stand strong in the Lord.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lorde.

George Lamsa Translation
Now we can live happily, if you stand firm in our LORD.

Good News Translation
because now we really live if you stand firm in your life in union with the Lord.

Lexham English Bible
because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

Literal Translation
because now we live, if you should stand fast in the Lord.

Amplified Bible
because now we really live [in spite of everything], if you stand firm in the Lord.

American Standard Version
for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Bible in Basic English
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

Hebrew Names Version
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

International Standard Version
For now we can go on living, as long as you continue to stand firm in the Lord.Philippians 4:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And now we live, if you are established in our Lord.

Murdock Translation
And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For nowe we lyue, yf ye stande fast in the Lorde.

English Revised Version
for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

World English Bible
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Weymouth's New Testament
For now life is for us life indeed, since you are standing fast in the Lord.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For now we lyuen, if ye stonden in the Lord.

Update Bible Version
for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

New English Translation
For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord.

New King James Version
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

New Living Translation
It gives us new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord.

New Life Bible
It is life to us to know that your faith in the Lord is strong.

New Revised Standard
For we now live, if you continue to stand firm in the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because now we live, if you stand in the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
for now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For now are we alyve yf ye stonde stedfast in the lorde.

Young's Literal Translation
because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For now are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in ye LORDE.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for now I am reviv'd, since you continue stedfast in the christian profession.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Y'all are why we continue to saddle up every single day, take our running irons, and change the brand of those who believe.

Contextual Overview

⁶ But, when, just now, Timothy came unto us, from you, and brought us good tidings of your faith and love, - and that ye have good remembrance of us, continually, longing to see, us, - even as, we also, to see you, ⁷ For this cause, were we consoled, brethren, over you, in all our necessity and tribulation, through your faith; ⁸ Because, now, we live, - if only, ye, stand fast in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanksgiving can we render back, unto God, concerning you, on occasion of all the joy wherewith we rejoice, for your sakes, before our God? - ¹⁰ Night and day, making very abundant entreaties, that we may see your face, and fit in the things which are lacking in your faith?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we live: 1 Samuel 25:6,*Heb: Psalms 30:5, Philippians 1:21

if: John 8:31, John 15:4, John 15:7, Acts 11:23, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Galatians 5:1, Ephesians 3:17, Ephesians 4:15, Ephesians 4:16, Ephesians 6:13, Ephesians 6:14, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 4:1, Colossians 1:23, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 10:23, 1 Peter 5:10, 2 Peter 3:17, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 3:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 29:36 - Hezekiah rejoiced Proverbs 23:15 - if Song of Solomon 5:1 - eat Romans 11:22 - if thou 2 Corinthians 7:7 - but Colossians 2:5 - and the 1 Thessalonians 2:6 - been burdensome 1 Thessalonians 3:7 - we were 1 Thessalonians 3:9 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said unto the serpent, - Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat;

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it, - lest ye die.

Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called unto the man, - and said to him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:10
And he said, The sound of thee, heard I in the garden, and I was afraid, for, naked, was I, so I hid myself.

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, - The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.

Genesis 3:21
And Yahweh God made for the man - and for his wife - tunics of skin and clothed them.

Genesis 3:22
Then said Yahweh God - Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil, - Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding, -

Deuteronomy 4:33
Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?

Deuteronomy 5:25
Now, therefore why should we die? for this great fire, will consume, us, - if we ourselves, hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, we shall die.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For now we live,.... Before they were dead men, lifeless, disconsolate, dispirited, carrying about with them the dying of the Lord Jesus, and death working in them, and they, as it were, under the sentence of that, being killed all the day long for Christ's sake; but now, upon this news, in the midst of all their sore trials and troubles, their spirits revived, and they became alive and cheerful; see Psalms 22:26, it was like life from the dead unto them:

if ye stand fast in the Lord: or "our Lord", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions read; that is, "in the faith of the Lord", as the Arabic version renders it: they were in the Lord secretly by electing grace, and openly by regenerating grace, and they abode in him; and by persevering grace, they were rooted and built up in Christ, and established in the faith of him, of his person, office, and grace; they were steady in the exercise of grace upon him, and stood fast in the liberty wherewith he had made them free, and continued steadfastly in the doctrines and ordinances of the Gospel; for the "if" here is not expressive of doubting, but of reasoning, "seeing ye stand fast in the Lord"; of which they were assured by Timothy: and this gave them fresh spirit and life amidst the deaths in which they often were.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord - This is equivalent to saying, “My life and comfort depend on your stability in the faith, and your correct Christian walk;” compare Martial 6:70. Non est vivere, sed valere, vita - “Life consists not merely in living, but in the enjoyment of health.” See also Seneca, Epis. 99, and Manilius, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, as quoted by Wetstein. The meaning here is, that Paul now enjoyed life; he had that which constituted real life, in the fact that they acted as became Christians, and so as to show that his labor among them had not been in vain. The same thing here affirmed is true of all faithful ministers of the gospel. They feel that they have something that may be called life, and that is worth living for, when those to whom they preach maintain a close walk with God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 8. For now we live — Your steadfastness in the faith gives me new life and comfort; I now feel that I live to some purpose, as my labour in the Lord is not in vain.