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1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

2and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

3that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see you;

7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

8for now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

9For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

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

12and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you;

13to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

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Parallel translations · 1 Thessalonians 3:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate 1 Thessalonians 3:1.

  • 2 Corinthians 2:13

    I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

  • Jeremiah 20:9

    And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

  • Jeremiah 44:22

    so that Jehovah could not longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land become a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

  • Acts 17:15

    But they that conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timothy that they should come to him with all speed, they departed.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:17

    But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

  • 1 Thessalonians 3:5

    For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

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"Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,—that ye abound more and more."