1 Thessalonians 3

1 Wherefore since we could no longer forbare, wee thought it good to remaine at Athens alone,

Wherefore being able to contain no longer, we were content to be left alone at Athens,

2 And haue sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God, and our labour felow in the Gospel of Christ, to stablish you, and to comfort you touching your faith,

and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you concerning your faith;

3 That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.

that no one might be shaken by these afflictions: for ye yourselves know that we are appointed hereunto.

4 For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

For when we were with you, we told you before that we should be afflicted, as it came to pass, and ye know.

5 Euen for this cause, when I could no longer forbeare, I sent him that I might knowe of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labour had bene in vaine.

For this cause being able to wait no longer, I sent to know the state of your faith, least the tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain.

6 But now lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, and brought vs good tidings of your faith and loue, and that ye haue good remembrance of vs alwayes, desiring to see vs, as we also do you,

But now Timothy being come back to us from you, and having brought us good tidings concerning your faith and love, and that ye have always a good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we indeed do to see you;

7 Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith.

by this we were comforted in you, my brethren, under all our affliction and distress, because of your faith:

8 For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

for now we are revived, since you are stedfast in the Lord.

9 For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,

For what thanks can we render to God concerning you, for all the joy wherewith we rejoice on your account before our God,

10 Night and day, praying exceedingly that wee might see your face, and might accomplish that which is lacking in your faith?

night and day most ardently praying, that we may see your face, and perfect whatever is wanting in your faith?

11 Nowe God himselfe, euen our Father, and our Lord Iesus Christ, guide our iourney vnto you,

And may God himself even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you:

12 And the Lord increase you, and make you abound in loue one toward another, and towarde all men, euen as we doe toward you:

and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love to one another, and to all men, as we do towards you:

13 To make your hearts stable and vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.

that your hearts may be established unblameable in holiness, before God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints.