1 Thessalonians 3

1 For this reason, enduring no longer, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,

Wherefore, being no longer able to contain ourselves, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

2 and sent Timotheus—our brother, and a servant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ—to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

and we sent Timothy our brother and minister of God in the gospel of the Christ, in order that he might strengthen and comfort you with respect to your faith,

3 that no one be moved in these tribulations, for you have known that we are set for this,

that no one be moved by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this:

4 for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand that we are about to suffer tribulation, as it also came to pass, and you have known [it];

for even when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, as it also came to pass, and as you know.

5 because of this also, I, no longer enduring, sent to know your faith, lest he who is tempting tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.

For this reason, when I could no longer contain myself, I sent to know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

6 And Timotheus now having come to us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that you always have a good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, as we also [to see] you,

But now, since Timothy has come to us from you, and has told us the good news of your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us at all times, greatly desiring to see us, as indeed we desire to see you,

7 because of this we were comforted, brothers, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

for this reason we are comforted concerning you, brethren, in all our distress and affliction, by your faith:

8 because now we live, if you may stand fast in the LORD.

for now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

9 For what thanks are we able to repay to God for you, for all the joy with which we delight because of you in the presence of our God,

For what thanks can we render to God for you, for the great joy with which we rejoice on your account before our God,

10 exceedingly imploring night and day, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith?

night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

11 And our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you,

Now, may God himself, even our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

12 and the LORD cause you to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you,

And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love to one another and to all, even as we toward you,

13 in order to have established your hearts, blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His holy ones.

in order that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness, in the presence of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.