1 Thessalonians 3

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

And so, as we could bear it no longer, we made up our minds to remain behind 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 sent Timothy, our Brother and God’s minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,

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

so that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.

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 while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. And so it proved, 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.

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been 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, when Timothy recently returned to us from you with good news of your faith and love, and told us how kindly you think of us — always longing, he said, to see us, just as we are longing to see you —

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

on hearing this, we felt encouraged about you, Brothers, in the midst of all our difficulties and troubles, by your faith.

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

For it is new life to us to know that you are holding fast to 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,

How can we thank God enough for all the happiness that you are giving us in the sight of 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 we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.

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

May our God and Father himself, and Jesus, our Lord, make the way plain for us to come 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 for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for 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.

and so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the Coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.