1 Thessalonians 3

1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

And because we could not endure, we were willing to be left at Athinos alone,

2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

and to send to you Timotheos our brother, a minister of Aloha and our helper in the gospel of the Meshiha, to fortify you, and inquire of you concerning your faith,

3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

that none of you should be slain through these afflictions; for you know that to this we are set.

4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

For while also we were with you, we foretold you that we were to be afflicted, as you know that it hath been.

5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

On account of this also, I, not enduring until I had sent to know your faith, lest the tempter should tempt you, and we should have laboured in vain;

6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also [to see] you:

but now when Timotheos came to us from among you, and gave us intelligence of your faith and of your love, and that you have a good remembrance of us in every season, and desire to see us as we also (to see) you;

7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

on this account we were comforted in you, my brethren, in all our anxieties and our afflictions because of your faith.

8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

And now we live, if you are established in our Lord.

9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

For what thanks giving can we render on account of you to Aloha, over all the joy with which we rejoice on your behalf,

10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

unless before Aloha we supplicate exceedingly by night and by day to see your faces, and to perfect what is wanting to your faith?

11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

But Aloha himself, the Father of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, will make straight our way to you,

12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you:

and he will cause your love to increase to one another, and to every man, even as we love you;

13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

and will establish your hearts without blame in holiness, before Aloha our Father, at the advent of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha with all his saints.