LEB - I Thessalonians - 3

3:1  Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone,

3:2  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,

3:3  so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this,

3:4  for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.

3:5  Because of this, I also, when I could endure it no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain.

3:6  But now, because Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that ⌞you always think kindly of us⌟, desiring to see us just as also we desire to see you,

3:7  because of this, brothers, we have been comforted because of you in all our distress and affliction through your faith,

3:8  because now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.

3:9  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,

3:10  night and day praying beyond all measure that we may see your face and complete what is lacking in your faith?

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

3:12  and may the Lord cause you to increase and to abound in love for one another and for all, just as also we do for you,

3:13  so that your hearts may be established blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.