帖前3:1 我们既然不能再忍下去，就决定留在雅典，
帖前3:1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,
帖前3:2 派我们的弟兄，就是在基督的福音上和 神同工的提摩太去，为了要在你们的信仰上坚定你们，劝慰你们，
帖前3:2 We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
帖前3:3 免得有人在各样的患难中动摇了。你们自己知道，我们受患难原是命定的。
帖前3:3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.
帖前3:4 我们在你们那里的时候，早已对你们说过，我们将会遭受患难。后来应验了，这是你们知道的。
帖前3:4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
帖前3:5 因此，我既然不能再忍下去，就派人去打听你们的信心怎样；恐怕那试探人的诱惑了你们，以致我们的劳苦白费了。
帖前3:5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
帖前3:6 提摩太刚刚从你们那里回来，把你们信心和爱心的好消息带给我们。他还说，你们常常怀念我们，切切想见我们，好像我们想见你们一样。
帖前3:6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has given us good news of your faith and love, and that you have happy memories of us, desiring greatly to see us, even as we do to see you;
帖前3:7 所以弟兄们，我们在这一切困苦患难中，因着你们的信心就得了安慰。
帖前3:7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
帖前3:8 如果你们在主里站立得稳，我们就可以活下去了。
帖前3:8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
帖前3:9 我们因你们的缘故，在我们的 神面前满有喜乐；为这一切喜乐，我们可以为你们向 神献上怎么样的感谢呢！
帖前3:9 For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;
帖前3:10 我们昼夜迫切祈求，要见你们的面，并且要补满你们信心的不足。
帖前3:10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.
帖前3:11 愿我们的父 神自己和我们的主耶稣为我们开路，使我们可以到你们那里去。
帖前3:11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
帖前3:12 又愿主叫你们彼此相爱的心，和爱众人的心，都充充足足，多而又多，好像我们爱你们一样。
帖前3:12 And the Lord give you increase of love in fullest measure to one another and to all men, even as our love to you;
帖前3:13 也愿他坚定你们的心，好叫你们在我们主耶稣和众圣徒再来的时候，在我们的父 神面前，完全圣洁，无可指摘。
帖前3:13 So that your hearts may be strong and free from all sin before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.