Paul Sends Timothy to Thessalonica

Therefore when we[a] could bear it no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone, and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith, so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“could bear”) which is understood as temporal