1 Thessalonians 3:2
1 So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
- KJV
- And 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:
- WEB
- and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
- ASV
- and sent Timothy, our brother and God`s minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;
- DARBY
- and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage [you] concerning your faith,
- BLB
- and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker of God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you⁺ on behalf of your⁺ faith,
- ÅB
- og vi sendte Timoteus, vår bror og Guds tjener i Kristi evangelium, for å styrke dere og formane dere om deres tro,
- OTB
- og vi sendte Timoteus, vår bror og medarbeider i å spre Kristi evangelium, for å støtte og oppmuntre dere i deres tro,
- B1930
- og vi sendte Timoteus, vår bror og Guds tjener i Kristi evangelium, for å styrke eder og formane eder om eders tro,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 14:22–23
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
Read in contextEphesians 6:21–22
Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:19–25
Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:10–12
If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.
Read in contextActs 16:1
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
Read in contextActs 17:14–15
The brothers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:23
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, to the glory of Christ.
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”
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