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| [1]Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; |
[1]And because not we resisted we chose to remain in Athenos by ourselves |
| [2]And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: |
[2]And we sent to you Timotheos our brother and a minister of Alaha and our helper in the Good News of The Messiah that he may strengthen you and inquire of you concerning your faith |
| [3]That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. |
[3]Lest a man of you should lose hope to him by suffering such things you for aware are that for this it is we are appointed |
| [4]For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. |
[4]Also when with you we were for we before we said to you that we would be persecuted just as know you it was |
| [5]For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. |
[5]Because of this also I not I restrained so that I sent to know your faith lest would tempt you The Tempter and would be our labor worthless |
| [6]But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: |
[6]Now but since has come to us Timotheos from your midst and he gave us good news concerning your faith and about your love and that there is to you our commemoration good in every place and desire you to see us just as that also we you |
| [7]Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: |
[7]Because of this we were comforted by you brethren over all our adversities and our afflictions because of your faith |
| [8]For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. |
[8]And now it is we live if you will abide in our Lord |
| [9]For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; |
[9]What? for thanks can we pay on your behalf to Alaha for every joy with which we rejoice because of you |
| [10]Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? |
[10]Except that before Alaha all the more we pray earnestly by night and by day to see your faces and perfect whatever is lacking in your faith |
| [11]Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. |
[11]He but Alaha our Father and our Lord Ieshu The Messiah shall direct our way to you |
| [12]And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: |
[12]And may He multiply and increase your love of one to another and that to every person just as we we love you |
| [13]To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. |
[13]And may He establish your hearts without fault in holiness before Alaha our Father at the arrival of our Lord Ieshu The Messiah Who is with all of them His holy ones |