^{6 Ref} And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also `to see' you,

^{7 Ref} because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

^{8 Ref} because now we live, if ye may stand fast in the Lord;

^{9 Ref} for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?