Oct. 26
1 Thessalonians 3
1Th 3:1 Therefore, when
we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind
at Athens alone,
1Th 3:2 and sent
Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the Good News of Christ, to
establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;
1Th 3:3 that no one be
moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to
this task.
1Th 3:4 For most
certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are
to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
1Th 3:5 For this cause
I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know
your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you,
and our labor would have been in vain.
1Th 3:6 But when
Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of
your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always,
longing to see us, even as we also long to see you;
1Th 3:7 for this cause,
brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and
affliction through your faith.
1Th 3:8 For now we
live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
1Th 3:9 For what
thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with
which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
1Th 3:10 night and day
praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that
which is lacking in your faith?
1Th 3:11 Now may our
God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to
you;
1Th 3:12 and the Lord
make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and
toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
1Th 3:13 to the end he
may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.