1.Thessalonicher 3 | English Standard Version
1Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left behind at Athens alone,2and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker* in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.4For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.5For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
Timothy’s Encouraging Report
6But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you—7for this reason, brothers,* in all our distress and affliction we have been comforted about you through your faith.8For now we live, if you are standing fast in the Lord.9For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,10as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you,12and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,13so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
圣经当代译本修订版
1最后我们无法再忍受思念之苦，就决定我们这些人留在雅典，2派提摩太去你们那里。他在传扬基督福音的事工上是我们的弟兄、上帝的同工。他去是要鼓励你们，使你们信心坚定，3免得有人因遭受这些患难而动摇，因为你们知道我们必遭受患难。4我们在你们那里时曾预先告诉过你们，我们会遭遇患难，你们知道后来果然如此。5因此，我无法再等下去了，就派提摩太到你们那里看看你们的信心如何，免得那诱惑人的诱惑了你们，使我们的心血都白费了。