1 Thessalonians 3

1 Therefore when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,

Therefore no longer enduring we thought it best to be left behind in Athens alone

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,

and we sent Timothy the brother of us and (servant *KO) (and *K) fellow worker (of us *K) of God in the gospel of Christ in order to strengthen you and to encourage (you *k) (concerning *N+kO) the faith of you,

3 that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

no one [is] to be moved by tribulations these; Yourselves for you know that for this we are destined;

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.

And indeed when with you we were, we were telling beforehand you that we are about to suffer affliction even as also it came to pass and you know;

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.

Because of this I myself also I myself also no longer enduring I sent in order to know the faith of you, lest perhaps tempted you the [one] tempting and in vain may be the labor of us.

6 But Timothy has just now come 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.

Presently however when was coming Timothy to us from you and having evangelised to us of the faith and the love of you and that you have a remembrance of us good always longing us to see just as also we ourselves you,

7 For this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

because of this we were encouraged, brothers, as to you in all the distress and tribulation of us through your faith;

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

For now we live, if you yourselves (are standing firm *N+kO) in [the] Lord.

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,

What for thanksgiving are we able to God to give concerning you in return for all the joy that we rejoice because of you before the God of us,

10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?

by night and day super overexcessively super overexcessively super overexcessively imploring for [us] to see your face and to supply the [things] lacking in the faith of you?

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

Himself now the God and Father of us and the Lord of us Jesus (Christ *K) would direct the way of us to you;

12 May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

You now the Lord would make to increase and He would abound in love toward one another and toward all just as also we ourselves toward you

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.

in order to strengthen your hearts blameless in holiness before the God and Father of us at the coming of the Lord of us Jesus (Christ *K) with all the saints of Him (Amen. *N)