1Thessalonians:3

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* Therefore when we could bear it no longer , we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone , * and we sent Timothy , our brother and God 's servant in the gospel of Christ , to establish you in your faith and to exhort you , * that no one be moved by these afflictions . You yourselves know that this is to be our lot . * For when we were with you , we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction ; just as it has come to pass , and as you know . * For this reason , when I could bear it no longer , I sent that I might know your faith , for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor would be in vain . * But now that Timothy has come to us from you , and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us , as we long to see you -- * for this reason , brethren , in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith ; * for now we live , if you stand fast in the Lord . * For what thanksgiving can we render to God for you , for all the joy which we feel for your sake before our God , * praying earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith ? * Now may our God and Father himself , and our Lord Jesus , direct our way to you ; * and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all men , as we do to you , * so that 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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