3:6 But now Timothy has come ²  to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection ³  and long to see us just as we also long to see you! ⁴  3:7 So ⁵  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ⁶  through your faith. 3:8 For now we are alive again, ⁷  if you stand firm in the Lord. 3:9 For how can we thank God enough for you, ⁸  for all the joy we feel ⁹  because of you before our God? 3:10 We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person ¹⁰  and make up what may be lacking in your faith.