King James Version
1 Thessalonians 3:1 in the King James Version says “Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;” — study this verse from 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;”
1 Thessalonians 3:1 · KJV
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
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:
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto . there unto: or, to sufferings, or, to persecution
KJV Study — Public Domain
“forbear”
G4722to roof over, i.e., (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
“we thought it good”
G2106to think well of, i.e., approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
“to be left”
G2641to leave down, i.e., behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining
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