1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 - Paul Sends Timothy To Thessalonica
1 Being therefore impatient to hear of you, we judg'd it proper to stay at Athens alone, and send you our brother Timothy, 2 a minister of God, and our collegue in preaching the gospel of Christ, that by establishing you in the faith, and by his exhortations, 3 none of you might be stagger'd by these persecutions: for you know that we are destin'd to suffer. 4 and even when we were with you, we foretold you, that we should be persecuted, as you know it happen'd. 5 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.