"And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, …" — 1 Thessalonians 3:2

1 Thessalonians 3:2 · KJV

“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:”

— 1 Thessalonians 3:2

Verse 1

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

Verse 3

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}

1 Thessalonians 3 — Context

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}

For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

Cross References

Acts 14:22-23

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 6:21-22

But that ye also may know my affairs, {and} how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

Philippians 2:19-25

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. {But: or, Moreover}

Acts 16:1

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father {was} a Greek:

Romans 16:21

Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.

1 Corinthians 16:10-12

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also {do}.

Acts 17:14-15

And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.

2 Corinthians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy {our} brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: