Our Glory and Joy

Paul, Silas, and Timothy had been ripped away from the Thessalonians by persecution -- from people whom they'd quickly and deeply come to love!

For their encouragement, and his own, he speaks to them of his longing to see them, his desire to go to them, and his love and affection for them and esteem of them.

Your pastor, if he's really a pastor sent by God, thinks and feels the same way about you. Follow on to holiness, as the Thessalonians were doing, and encourage your minister!