1So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on alone at Athens,
2and sent Timothy, our colleague and a fellow-worker with God in the service of the gospel of Christ, to encourage you to stand firm for the faith
3and under all these hardships remain unshaken. You know that this is our appointed lot,
4for when we were with you we warned you that we were bound to suffer hardship; and so it has turned out, as you have found.
5This was why I could bear it no longer and sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and our labour might be wasted.
6But now Timothy has just returned from his visit to you, bringing good news of your faith and love. He tells us that you always think kindly of us, and are as anxious to see us as we are to see you.
7So amid all our difficulties and hardships we are reassured, my friends, by the news of your faith.
8It is the breath of life to us to know that you stand firm in the Lord.
9What thanks can we give to God in return for you? What thanks for all the joy you have brought us, making us rejoice before our God
10while we pray most earnestly night and day to be allowed to see you again and to make good whatever is lacking in your faith?
11May our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, open the way for us to come to you;
12and may the Lord make your love increase and overflow to one another and to everyone, as our love does to you.
13May he make your hearts firm, so that you may stand before our God and Father holy and faultless when our Lord Jesus comes with all those who are his own.
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