for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know. Because of this, I also, when I[a] could endure it no longer, sent in order to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter tempted you and our labor should be in vain.

Timothy’s Positive Report

But now, because[b] Timothy has come to us from you and has brought good news to us of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us[c], desiring to see us just as also we desire to see you,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“could endure”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has come”) which is understood as causal
  3. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 Literally “that you have kindly remembrance of us always”