1 Thessalonians 2:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Thessalonians 2:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Thessalonians 2:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — World English Bible
1 Thessalonians 2:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — American Standard Version
1 Thessalonians 2:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Thessalonians 2:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Thus, yearning over you, we had found our delight in having imparted to you not only the glad tidings ofGod, but our own lives also, because ye had become beloved of us. ”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — Darby Translation
1 Thessalonians 2:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Thus being affectioned toward you, our good will was to haue dealt vnto you, not the Gospel of God onely, but also our owne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.”
1 Thessalonians 2:8 — Geneva Bible
1 Thessalonians 2:8 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 2
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
What Does 1 Thessalonians 2:8 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 2:8 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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