1 Thessalonians 3:1-3

Living Bible

3 Finally, when I could stand it no longer, I decided to stay alone in Athens ^2-3 and send Timothy, our brother and fellow worker, God’s minister, to visit you to strengthen your faith and encourage you and to keep you from becoming fainthearted in all the troubles you were going through. (But of course you know that such troubles are a part of God’s plan for us Christians.