1. Therefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
2. And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to encourage you concerning your faith:
3. That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for you yourselves know that we are appointed unto this.
4. For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know.
5. For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.