Bible verse
So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
1 Thessalonians 3:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Thessalonians 3.
1 So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
2 We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
3 so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
4 Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
5 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
KJV
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
ASV
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
ERV
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
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