1 Thessalonians 3

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

Therefore no longer containing, we delighted to be left alone at Athens;

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 Christ, in order to establish you, and exhort you concerning your faith;

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

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations. For you know that for this we are appointed.

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 indeed, when we were with you, we foretold you that we are about to suffer tribulation; as indeed took place, and you know it.

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.

Therefore I indeed, no longer containing, sent that I might know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter tempted you, and our labor may 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 Timothy, having already come to us from you, and proclaimed to us the good news of your faith and your divine love, and that you always have a good mention of us, longing to see us, as we do to see you;

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

therefore we were comforted, brethren, over you in all our distress and tribulation on account of your faith;

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

because we now live, if you stand 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 are we able to render unto God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we rejoice on account of you 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 incessantly that we may see your face, and perfect the deficiencies of your faith?

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

But God himself, even our Father, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto 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 the Lord fill you and cause you to superabound in divine love toward one another, and toward all, even as we also do towards 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 to establish your hearts blameless in holiness in the presence of God even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints: amen.