1 Thessalonians 3 Hence, no longer forbearing it, we were delighted to be left behind in Athens alone.

MLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Hence, no longer forbearing it, we were delighted to be left behind in Athens alone. ² And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant and our fellow worker in the good-news of the Christ, that he might establish you and to encourage you concerning your faith; ³ that no one be shook up in these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are destined for this thing. ⁴ For even when we were with you, we were telling you beforehand that we are about to be afflicted; just-as it also happened and you know. ⁵ Because of this, no longer forbearing it, I also sent Timothy, that I might know your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might become vain. ⁶ But now, when Timothy came to us from you, and proclaimed to us good-news about your faith and love, and that you have a good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, just-as we also long to see you. ⁷ Brethren, because of this, we were comforted on the basis of you in all our affliction and calamity through your faith, ⁸ because now we live, if you stand-firm in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanksgiving are we able to repay to God concerning you? Over all the joy in which we are rejoicing before our God is because of you, ¹⁰ exceptionally beseeching God night and day, that we may see your face and may mend the things lacking of your faith.
¹¹ Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus Christ, steer our way toward you. ¹² And may the Lord increase in you and this increase to abound in love toward one another and toward all men, just-as we also do toward you; ¹³ that he might establish your hearts, blameless in holiness before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his holy-ones.