for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith [Since Paul would be comforted as to the Thessalonians by the good news of their condition brought by Timothy, the "distress and affliction" must have referred to other matters which disturbed the apostle's rest. These were doubtless the failure at Athens, and the troubles which he had at Corinth before the negative protection afforded him by Gallio, when that official refused to interfere, either to aid or hinder him (Acts 18:6-12). Thus the good news from Thessalonica lightened the apostle's burdens at Corinth]:

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