1 Thessalonians 3:5-8 For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent, that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith, lest happly the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne.

Coverdale⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare, I sent, that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith, lest happly the tempter had tempted you, and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne. ⁶ But now that Timotheus is come fro you vnto vs, and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue, & how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs, desyringe to se vs as we also longe to se you: ⁷ therfore brethren we haue consolacion in you in all oure trouble and necessite thorow youre faith. ⁸ For now are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in ye LORDE.