CPDV - I Thessalonians - 3

3:1  Because of this, willing to wait no longer, it was pleasing to us to remain at Athens, alone.

3:2  And we sent Timothy, our brother and a minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to confirm you and to exhort you, on behalf of your faith,

3:3  so that no one would be disturbed during these tribulations. For you yourselves know that we have been appointed to this.

3:4  For even while we were with you, we predicted to you that we would suffer tribulations, even as it has happened, and as you know.

3:5  For this reason also, I was not willing to wait any longer, and I sent to find out about your faith, lest perhaps he who tempts may have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.

3:6  But then, when Timothy arrived to us from you, he reported to us your faith and charity, and that you keep a good remembrance of us always, desiring to see us, just as we likewise desire to see you.

3:7  As a result, we were consoled in you, brothers, in the midst of all our difficulties and tribulations, through your faith.

3:8  For we now live so that you may stand firm in the Lord.

3:9  For what thanks would we be able to repay to God because of you, for all the joy with which we rejoice over you before our God?

3:10  For night and day, ever more abundantly, we are praying that we may see your face, and that we may complete those things that are lacking in your faith.

3:11  But may God our Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.

3:12  And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in your charity toward one another and toward all, just as we also do toward you,

3:13  in order to confirm your hearts without blame, in sanctity, before God our Father, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen.