They forbid me to speak to the Gentiles with a view to their salvation. They continue always to fill up the measure of their sins; but the wrath of God is come upon them to the full!

And so, when I could no longer bear it, I made up my mind to be left behind at Athens, all alone.

And afterwards we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.