1 Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we determined to be left behind in Athens alone,
2 and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,
3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this,
4 for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.