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1 Thessalonians 3:1 KJV
1 Thessalonians · chapter 3 · verse 1
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;1 Thessalonians 3:1 · King James Version
1 Thessalonians 3:1 in context
1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
2And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- longermēketino longer, no more, not hereafterG3371 →
- AthensathēnaiAthens = " uncertainty" , A famous city in Greece, the capital of Attica, and the…G116 →
- alonemonosalone , forsaken, destitute of help, alone, only, merelyG3441 →
- goodeudokeōit seems good to one, is one's good pleasure, think it good, choose, determine, decide…G2106 →
- leftkataleipōto leave behind, to depart from, leave, to be left, to bid to remain, to forsake, leave…G2641 →
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In these words the apostle gives an account of his sending Timothy to the Thessalonians. Though he was hindered from going to them himself, yet his love was such that he could not forbear sending Timothy to them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5