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| [1]And, because we could no longer endure it, we were willing to be left alone at Athens, |
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| [2]and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting your faith: |
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| [3]lest any of you should be disheartened by these afflictions; for ye know, that we are appointed thereto. |
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| [4]For also when we were with you, we forewarned you, that we were to be afflicted; as ye know did occur. |
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| [5]Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain. |
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| [6]But now, since Timothy hath come to us from among you, and hath informed us respecting your faith and your love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us at all times, and that ye desire to see us, even as we [to see] you; |
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| [7]therefore we are comforted in you, my brethren, amid all our straits and afflictions, on account of your faith. |
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| [8]And now, we live, if ye stand fast in our Lord. |
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| [9]For what thanks can we render to God in your behalf, for all the joy with which we are joyful on your account; |
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| [10]unless it be, that we the more supplicate before God, by night and by day, that we may see your faces, and may perfect what is lacking in your faith? |
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| [11]And may God our Father, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, direct our way unto you; |
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| [12]and increase and enlarge your love towards one another, and towards all men, even as we love you; |
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| [13]and establish your hearts unblamable in holiness, before God our Father; at the advent of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, with all his saints. |
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