1 Thessalonians 3

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

Wherefore being able to contain no longer, we were content 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 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 one be moved in these tribulations, for you have known that we are set for this,

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

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 when we were with you, we told you before that we should be afflicted, as it came to pass, and ye 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 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 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 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 because of this we were comforted, brothers, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,

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

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

for now we are revived, since you are stedfast 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 concerning you, for all the joy wherewith 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 most ardently praying, that we may see your face, and perfect whatever is wanting in your faith?

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

And may God himself even our Father, and our 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 the Lord make you to increase and abound in love to one another, and to all men, as we 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.

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.