But now when Timothy came to us from you, and related to us your faith and charity, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us as we also to see you;
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Join "now" with "come"; "But Timotheus having just now come from you unto us" [ALFORD]. Thus it appears (compare Act 18:5) Paul is writing from Corinth. your faith and charity-- (Th1 1:3; compare Th2 1:3, whence it seems their faith subsequently increased still more). Faith was the solid foundation: charity the cement which held together the superstructure of their practice on that foundation. In that charity was included their "good (kindly) remembrance" of their teachers. desiring greatly--Greek, "having a yearning desire for." we also--The desires of loving friends for one another's presence are reciprocal.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.