1 Thessalonians 3 (New American Standard)

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Encouragement of Timothy's Visit

1 Therefore ¹when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at ²Athens alone, 2 and we sent ³Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith, 3 so that no one would be ^adisturbed by these afflictions ; for you yourselves know that ⁴we have been destined for this. 4 For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction ; ^b⁵and so it came to pass, ^cas you know. 5 For this reason, ⁶when I could endure it no longer, I also ⁷sent to ^dfind out about your faith, for fear that ⁸the tempter might have tempted you, and ⁹our labor would be in vain. 6 But now that ¹⁰Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of ¹¹your faith and love, and that you always ¹²think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, 7 for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith ; 8 for now we really live, if you ¹³stand firm in the Lord. 9 For ¹⁴what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, 10 as we ¹⁵night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may ¹⁶see your face, and may ¹⁷complete what is lacking in your faith ? 11 ¹⁸Now may ¹⁹our God and Father ²⁰Himself and Jesus our Lord ²¹direct our way to you; 12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and ²²abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; 13 so that He may ²³establish your hearts ²⁴without blame in holiness before ²⁵our God and Father at the ^e²⁶coming of our Lord Jesus ²⁷with all His ^fsaints.

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