Our affection therefore to you being so great, we were as ready to give our lives for you, as we were to communicate the divine gospel to you, so much did you engage our love.

Being therefore impatient to hear of you, we judg'd it proper to stay at Athens alone, and send you our brother Timothy,

not being able therefore to wait any longer, I sent Timothy to know the state of your faith, for fear the tempter should have seduc'd you, and all our labour have prov'd abortive.

he therefore that violates these precepts, does not despise man, but God, who has endued me with his holy spirit.

therefore comfort one another with this information.

therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.