Twentieth_Century(i)
2 And sent Timothy, our Brother and God's minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,
3 So that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.
4 For, even while we were with you, we warned you beforehand that we were certain to encounter trouble. And so it proved, as you know.
5 Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.