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and sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,(A) so that no one be disturbed in these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined[a] for this. For even when we were among you, we used to warn you in advance that we would undergo affliction, just as has happened, as you know.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 We are destined: the Greek phraseology and the context suggest Paul’s concern to alert his readers to difficulties he knew they would necessarily face and to enable them to see their present experience in the light of what he warned them would happen in the future. This line of thought is followed in 2 Thes 2:1–15.

We sent Timothy,(A) who is our brother and co-worker(B) in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ,(C) to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.(D) For you know quite well that we are destined for them.(E) In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.(F)

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