¹⁷But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, ^xin person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire ^yto see you face to face, ¹⁸because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan ^zhindered us. ¹⁹For what is our hope or ^ajoy or crown of boasting ^bbefore our Lord Jesus at his ^ccoming? Is it not you? ²⁰For you are our glory and joy.

3Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we were willing ^dto be left behind at Athens alone, ²and we ^esent Timothy, ^four brother and God’s coworker¹ 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 ^gwe are destined for this. ⁴For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^hjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know. ⁵For this reason, ⁱwhen I could bear it no longer, ⁱI sent to learn about your faith, ^jfor fear that somehow ^kthe tempter had tempted you and ^lour labor would be in vain.

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Footnotes

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Cross references

x 1 Cor. 5:3; Col. 2:5
ych. 3:10
z Rom. 15:22; [Rom. 1:13]
aSee Phil. 4:1
b 1 Cor. 15:31; [2 Thess. 1:4]; See 2 Cor. 1:14
cch. 3:13; 4:15; 5:23; Matt. 24:3; 1 Cor. 15:23; 2 Thess. 2:1, 8; James 5:7, 8; 2 Pet. 1:16; 3:4, 12; 1 John 2:28
d Acts 17:15, 16
eSee Phil. 2:19
f 2 Cor. 1:1; Col. 1:1; Philem. 1; Heb. 13:23
gSee Acts 9:16; 14:22
hSee ch. 2:14
iver. 1, 2
j[1 Cor. 7:5; 2 Cor. 11:3]
k Matt. 4:3
lSee Phil. 2:16