“"Wherefore, when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone. And sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister and our fellow-worker in the Gospel of Christ." Instead of saying, "we chose." And this he says, not as extolling Timothy, but honoring them, that he sent them the fellow-…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 1 Thessalonians 3
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2And 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:
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1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
— 1 Thessalonians 3:2 —
3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.