1 Thessalonians 3
1 So, when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens.
2 We sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you in your faith.
3 So that no one would be shaken by these troubles. You yourselves know that we are destined for this.
4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would suffer troubles. That is what happened, as you know.
5 So, when I could bear it no longer, I too sent to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our work might have been in vain.
6 But now Timothy has come back to us from you and brought us good news of your faith and love, and of how you always remember us fondly and long to see us, just as we long to see you.
7 So, brothers and sisters, in all our need and distress, we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
8 For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
9 For what thanks can we give God for you, for all the joy we feel because of you in the presence of our God?
10 Night and day we pray with great earnestness to see you face to face and to make up what is lacking in your faith.
11 May God himself, our Father, and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
12 And may the Lord make you grow and overflow in love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you,
13 so that he may strengthen your hearts, blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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