1 Thessalonians 3:2-5 and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith,

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ² and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith, ³ that no one should be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed unto this. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted, just as it also happened, and you know. ⁵ Because of this, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to learn about your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.