1 Thessalonians 3:2-4 and sent Timothy, our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ² and sent Timothy, our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith, ³ that no man be moved by these afflictions, for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed. ⁴ For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it came to pass, and ye know.