Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
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Interpretation
Thankfulness to God is very imperfect in the present state; but one great end of the ministry of the word is to help faith forward. That which was the instrument to obtain faith, is also the means of increasing and confirming it, namely, the ordinances of God; and as faith cometh by hearing, so it is confirmed by hearing also.
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This thought runs through 1 Thessalonians 3:6-10.
1 Thessalonians 3:6 1 Thessalonians 3:7 1 Thessalonians 3:8 1 Thessalonians 3:9 1 Thessalonians 3:10