1 Thessalonians 3
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Ac 17.15. Finally, we couldn't stand it any longer. We decided to stay in Athens by ourselves 2and send our friend Timothy to you. He works with us as God's servant and preaches the good news about Christ. We wanted him to make you strong in your faith and to encourage you. 3We didn't want any of you to be discouraged by all these troubles. You knew we would have to suffer, 4because when we were with you, we told you this would happen. And we did suffer, as you well know. 5At last, when I could not wait any longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I hoped Satan had not tempted you and made all our work useless.
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Ac 18.5. Timothy has now come back from his visit with you and has told us about your faith and love. He also said that you always have happy memories of us and that you want to see us as much as we want to see you.
7My friends, even though we have a lot of trouble and suffering, your faith makes us feel better about you. 8Your strong faith in the Lord is like a breath of new life. 9How can we possibly thank God enough for all the happiness you have brought us? 10Day and night we sincerely pray that we will see you again and help you to have an even stronger faith.
11We pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus will let us visit you. 12May the Lord make your love for each other and for everyone else grow by leaps and bounds. This is how our love for you has grown. 13And when our Lord comes with all his people, I pray he will make your hearts pure and innocent in the sight of God the Father.
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1 Mga Taga-Tesalonica 3
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1Nang hindi na kami makatiis, minabuti naming magpaiwan sa Atenas 2at#Gw. 17:15. suguin sa inyo si Timoteo na ating kapatid at kamanggagawa sa Diyos#2 kamanggagawa sa Diyos: Sa ibang manuskrito'y lingkod ng Diyos, at sa iba pang manuskrito'y lingkod at kamanggagawa ng Diyos. sa pangangaral ng Magandang Balita tungkol kay Cristo. Isinugo namin siya upang patatagin kayo at palakasin ang inyong loob alang-alang sa inyong pananampalataya, 3upang hindi manghina ang sinuman sa inyo dahil sa mga pag-uusig. Alam ninyong ang mga pag-uusig ay bahagi ng kalooban ng Diyos para sa atin. 4Ipinagpauna na namin sa inyo noong naririyan pa kami na tayo'y uusigin, at gayon nga ang nangyayari tulad ng alam ninyo. 5Kaya nga, nang hindi na ako makatiis ay nagpadala ako riyan ng sugo upang alamin ang kalagayan ngayon ng inyong pananampalataya sa Panginoon. Nag-aalala ako na baka nalinlang na kayo ng diyablo, at kung magkagayo'y mawawalan ng kabuluhan ang aming pagpapagal.
6Ngayon#Gw. 18:5. ay nakabalik na rito si Timoteo, at maganda ang balita niya tungkol sa inyong pananampalataya at pag-ibig. Ibinalita rin niya sa amin na lagi ninyo kaming naaalala at malaki ang pananabik na makita kami, gaya ng pananabik naming makita kayo. 7Mga kapatid, dahil sa inyong pananampalataya kay Cristo ay naaliw kami sa gitna ng aming pagkabalisa at mga hirap. 8Nabuhayan kami ng loob dahil sa inyong pananatiling matatag sa pananampalataya. 9Paano kaya namin mapapasalamatan nang sapat ang Diyos dahil sa kagalakang natamo namin dahil sa inyo? 10Mataimtim naming idinadalangin araw-gabi na kayo'y muli naming makita at mapunuan ang anumang kakulangan sa inyong pananampalataya.
11Loobin nawa ng ating Diyos Ama at ng ating Panginoong Jesus na makapunta kami diyan sa inyo. 12Nawa'y pasaganain at pag-umapawin ng Panginoon ang inyong pag-ibig sa isa't isa at sa lahat ng tao, tulad ng pag-ibig namin sa inyo. 13Palalakasin niya ang inyong loob upang kayo'y manatiling banal at walang kapintasan sa harap ng ating Diyos at Ama hanggang sa muling pagdating ng ating Panginoong Jesus, kasama ang kanyang mga hinirang.#13 Sa ibang manuskrito'y may dagdag na Amen.
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