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1 Thessalonians 2:8The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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οὕτως ὀμειρόμενοι ὑμῶν ηὐδοκοῦμεν μεταδοῦναι ὑμῖν οὐ μόνον τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς ἑαυτῶν ψυχάς, διότι ἀγαπητοὶ ἡμῖν ἐγενήθητε.
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1 Thessalonians 2:8The Bible in Living English
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8 so yearning over you we were willing to pass out to you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives too, because you had become darlings of ours.
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1 Thessalonians 2:8American Standard Version
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8 even so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were become very dear to us.
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1 Thessalonians 2:8The Emphasized Bible
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8 Thus yearning after you we could have been well-pleased to impart unto you—Not only the glad-message of God, But our own lives also,—Because very dear to us had ye become.
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1 Thessalonians 2:8King James Version
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8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
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1 Thessalonians Study Notes—Chapter 2New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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having tender affection: Paul expresses his feelings toward the Thessalonian Christians by using a Greek verb that according to one lexicon conveys the idea of “experiencing a strong feeling intensified by an inner attachment.” Another lexicon defines it as “to have a strong yearning” or to “long for.”
determined: Paul and his fellow workers had “tender affection” for those in Thessalonica who had accepted the good news. Those feelings moved Paul and his companions to expend themselves fully for those new Christians. The Greek verb here rendered “determined” conveys the idea that they were resolved and delighted (lit., “well-pleased”) to do so. One reference work also states of Paul: “The imperfect tense of the [Greek] verb expresses a continuous determination to give himself to his converts.”
selves: Or “lives”; “souls.”—See Glossary, “Soul.”
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