< 1 Thessalonians 3 >
1 Therefore, when we could no longer bear it, we thought it was good to be left behind at Athens alone.
Wherefore being able to contain no longer, we were content to be left alone at Athens,
2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and comfort you regarding 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 We did this so that no one would be shaken by these sufferings. For yourselves know that for this we have been appointed.
that no one might be shaken by these afflictions: for ye yourselves know that we are appointed hereunto.
4 Truly, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we were about to suffer affliction, and that happened, as you know.
For when we were with you, we told you before that we should be afflicted, as it came to pass, and ye know.
5 For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I sent that I might know about your faith. Perhaps the tempter had somehow tempted you, and our labor was 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 But Timothy came to us from you and brought us the good news of your faith and love. He told us that you always have good memories of us, and that you long to see us just as we also long 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, brothers, we were comforted by you because of your faith, in all our distress and affliction.
by this we were comforted in you, my brethren, under all our affliction and distress, because of your faith:
8 For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
for now we are revived, since you are stedfast in the Lord.
9 For what thanks can we give to God for you, for all the joy that we have before our God over you?
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 we pray very hard that we may see your face and provide what 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 May our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
And may God himself even our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ direct our way to you:
12 May the Lord make you increase and abound in love one for another and toward all people, as we also do for 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 May he strengthen your hearts, so that they will be blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus 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.