1 Thessalonians 3:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 3:8-11

1 Thessalonians 3:1-2

1 Therefore [when we] could bear [it] no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone,

2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,

1 Thessalonians 3:8-11

8 because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

9 For what thanks can we repay to God concerning you, because of all the joy [with] which we rejoice because of you before our God,

10 night and day praying beyond all measure that [we] may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

11 Now [may] our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you,