1 Thessalonians 3
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Wherefore when we could no longer
forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Acts
17.15
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and sent Timothy, our brother, and
minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to
establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
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that no man should be moved by these
afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed
thereunto.
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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.
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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 labor be in vain.
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But now when Timothy came from you unto
us, Acts 18.5 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:
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therefore, brethren, we were comforted
over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
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for now we live, if ye stand fast in the
Lord.
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For what thanks can we render to God
again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes
before our God;
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night and day praying exceedingly that we
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your
faith?
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Now God himself and our Father, and our
Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
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And the Lord make you to increase and
abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even
as we do toward you:
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to the end he may stablish your hearts
unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
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