Thessalonicenses I 3

1 Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis:

Wherefore since we could no longer forbare, wee thought it good to remaine at Athens alone,

2 et misimus Timotheum fratrem nostrum, et ministrum Dei in Evangelio Christi ad confirmandos vos, et exhortandos pro fide vestra:

And haue sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God, and our labour felow in the Gospel of Christ, to stablish you, and to comfort you touching your faith,

3 ut nemo moveatur in tribulationibus istis: ipsi enim scitis quod in hoc positi sumus.

That no man should be moued with these afflictions: for ye your selues knowe, that we are appointed thereunto.

4 Nam et cum apud vos essemus, prædicebamus vobis passuros nos tribulationes, sicut et factum est, et scitis.

For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, euen as it came to passe, and ye knowe it.

5 Propterea et ego amplius non sustinens, misi ad cognoscendam fidem vestram: ne forte tentaverit vos is, qui tentat, et inanis fiat labor noster.

Euen for this cause, when I could no longer forbeare, I sent him that I might knowe of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labour had bene in vaine.

6 Nunc autem veniente Timotheo ad nos a vobis, et annunciante nobis fidem et charitatem vestram, et quia memoriam nostri habetis bonam semper, desiderantes nos videre, sicut et nos quoque vos:

But now lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, and brought vs good tidings of your faith and loue, and that ye haue good remembrance of vs alwayes, desiring to see vs, as we also do you,

7 ideo consolati sumus fratres in vobis in omni necessitate, et tribulatione nostra per fidem vestram,

Therefore, brethren, we had consolation in you, in all our affliction and necessitie through your faith.

8 quoniam nunc vivimus, si vos statis in Domino.

For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

9 Quam enim gratiarum actionem possumus Deo retribuere pro vobis in omni gaudio, quo gaudemus propter vos ante Deum nostrum,

For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,

10 nocte ac die abundantius orantes, ut videamus faciem vestram, et compleamus ea, quæ desunt fidei vestræ?

Night and day, praying exceedingly that wee might see your face, and might accomplish that which is lacking in your faith?

11 Ipse autem Deus, et Pater noster, et Dominus noster Iesus Christus dirigat viam nostram ad vos.

Nowe God himselfe, euen our Father, and our Lord Iesus Christ, guide our iourney vnto you,

12 Vos autem Dominus multiplicet, et abundare faciat charitatem vestram in invicem, et in omnes, quemadmodum et nos in vobis:

And the Lord increase you, and make you abound in loue one toward another, and towarde all men, euen as we doe toward you:

13 ad confirmanda corda vestra sine querela in sanctitate, ante Deum et Patrem nostrum, in adventu Domini nostri Iesu Christi cum omnibus sanctis eius. Amen.

To make your hearts stable and vnblameable in holines before God euen our Father, at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all his Saints.