¹⁷Brothers and sisters, we have been separated from you for a little while. Although we may not be able to see you, you’re always in our thoughts. We have made every possible effort to fulfill our desire to see you. ¹⁸We wanted to visit you. I, Paul, wanted to visit you twice already, but Satan made that impossible.

¹⁹Who is our hope, joy, or prize that we can brag about in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Isn’t it you? ²⁰You are our glory and joy!

3RD CHAPTER

Timothy’s Report to Paul

¹We thought it best to remain in Athens by ourselves. But, because we couldn’t wait any longer ⸤for news about you⸥, ²we sent our brother Timothy to you. He serves God by spreading the Good News about Christ. His mission was to strengthen and encourage you in your faith ³so that these troubles don’t disturb any of you. You know that we’re destined to suffer persecution. ⁴In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that’s what happened. ⁵But when I couldn’t wait any longer, I sent ⸤Timothy⸥ to find out about your faith. I wanted to see whether the tempter had in some way tempted you, making our work meaningless.

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