1 Thessalonians 3:1
Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,
Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,
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2and did send Timotheus -- our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ -- to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,
3that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,
4for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it';
5because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.
6And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, as we also `to see' you,
7because of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,
14and then immediately the brethren sent forth Paul, to go on as it were to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy were remaining there.
15And those conducting Paul, brought him unto Athens, and having received a command unto Silas and Timotheus that with all speed they may come unto him, they departed;
16and Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, beholding the city wholly given to idolatry,
17And we, brethren, having been taken from you for the space of an hour -- in presence, not in heart -- did hasten the more abundantly to see your face in much desire,
5these, having gone before, did remain for us in Troas,
6and we sailed, after the days of the unleavened food, from Philippi, and came unto them to Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.
8Wherefore, having in Christ much boldness to command thee that which is fit --
25it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul --
13I have not had rest to my spirit, on my not finding Titus my brother, but having taken leave of them, I went forth to Macedonia;
3according as I did exhort thee to remain in Ephesus -- I going on to Macedonia -- that thou mightest charge certain not to teach any other thing,
9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;
15and in this confidence I was purposing to come unto you before, that a second favour ye might have,
16and through you to pass to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come unto you, and by you to be sent forward to Judea.
9for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?
10night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.
8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above `our' power, so that we despaired even of life;
10and when he saw the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go forth to Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord hath called us to preach good news to them,
11having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,
12thence also to Philippi, which is a principal city of the part of Macedonia -- a colony. And we were in this city abiding certain days,
8so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,
9for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;
19And I hope, in the Lord Jesus, Timotheus to send quickly to you, that I also may be of good spirit, having known the things concerning you,
20for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,
1And after these things, Paul having departed out of Athens, came to Corinth,
13whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,
22and having sent to Macedonia two of those ministering to him -- Timotheus and Erastus -- he himself stayed a time in Asia.
2but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,
14where, having found brethren, we were called upon to remain with them seven days, and thus to Rome we came;
15and thence, the brethren having heard the things concerning us, came forth to meet us, unto Appii Forum, and Three Taverns -- whom Paul having seen, having given thanks to God, took courage.
28`For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, no more burden to lay upon you, except these necessary things:
23And I for a witness on God do call upon my soul, that sparing you, I came not yet to Corinth;
3and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,
6and having embraced one another, we embarked in the ship, and they returned to their own friends.
3unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,
23and now, no longer having place in these parts, and having a longing to come unto you for many years,
13because of this we have been comforted in your comfort, and more abundantly the more did we rejoice in the joy of Titus, that his spirit hath been refreshed from you all;
15And after these days, having taken `our' vessels, we were going up to Jerusalem,
7so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,
20and they having requested `him' to remain a longer time with them, he did not consent,
2and having gone through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came to Greece;
3not to condemn you do I say `it', for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;
6nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.
3and having discovered Cyprus, and having left it on the left, we were sailing to Syria, and did land at Tyre, for there was the ship discharging the lading.
5and the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God, and to the endurance of the Christ.