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1 Thessalonians 3:2
2We sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the Good News of Messiah, in order to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
1 Thessalonians 3:2 in other versions
- King James Version (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:
- New International Version (NIV)We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
- English Standard Version (ESV)and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
- New King James Version (NKJV)and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith,
Context of 1 Thessalonians 3:2
1So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind alone in Athens. We sent Timothy, our brother and co-worker for God in proclaiming the Good News of Messiah, in order to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know we are destined for this. 4For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer persecution— just as has happened, as you know.
Read all of 1 Thessalonians 31 Thessalonians 3:2 word by word
καὶ ἐπέμψαμεν Τιμόθεον τὸν ἀδελφὸν ἡμῶν καὶ συνεργὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς τὸ στηρίξαι ὑμᾶς καὶ παρακαλέσαι ὑπὲρ τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
- TimotheusΤιμόθεοςTimotheos · TimothyG5095
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80
- ministerδιάκονοςdiakonos · servantG1249
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- fellowlabourerσυνεργόςsunergos · co-workerG4904
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
- of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- establishστηρίζωstērizō · to establishG4741
- youσύsu · youG4771
- to comfortπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
- concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 3:2
- Acts 16:1Now Paul came to Derbe and Lystra. There was a disciple there named Timothy, son of a woman who was a Jewish believer and a Greek father,
- Acts 17:14Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there.
- Acts 18:5Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became occupied with the message, urgently testifying to the Jewish people that Yeshua is the Messiah.
- Romans 16:21Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kin.
- 1 Corinthians 4:17For this reason I have sent you Timothy, my dearly loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Messiah, just as I teach everywhere in every community.
- 1 Corinthians 16:10Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you—for he is doing the Lord’s work, just as I am.
- 2 Corinthians 1:19For Ben-Elohim—Yeshua the Messiah, who was proclaimed among you by us, by myself and Silvanus and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No.” Rather, in Him it has always been “Yes.”
- 2 Corinthians 2:13I had no rest in my spirit, because I didn’t find Titus my brother. So I said farewell to them, and I set out for Macedonia.
- 2 Corinthians 8:23As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brothers, they are the emissaries of the communities, a glory to Messiah.
- Ephesians 6:21Now Tychicus, my dearly loved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will give you all the news about me so you may know how I’m doing.
- Philippians 2:19But I hope in the Lord Yeshua to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too might be encouraged when I know the news about you.
- Colossians 1:7You learned it from Epaphras—our dearly loved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of Messiah on our behalf.
- Colossians 4:9With him I sent Onesimus—a faithful and dear brother, who is one of your own. They will tell you about everything here.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13in order to strengthen your hearts as blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all His kedoshim. Amen.
- Acts 14:22They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
- Acts 16:5So Messiah’s communities were strengthened in the faith and kept increasing daily in number.
Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Timotheus, our brother - It appears that Timothy was but a youth when converted to God; he had now however been some years in the work of God; Paul therefore calls him his brother, being one of the same Christian family, a son of God by adoption: elsewhere he calls him his own son, 1 Timothy 1:2; and his dearly beloved son, 2 Timothy 1:2; because he was brought to the knowledge of the true God, and to salvation by Christ, through the apostle's…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And sent Timotheus - That is, evidently, he sent him from Athens - for this is the fair construction of the passage. But in the history Acts 17:14-15. The history further states, that after Paul had remained some time at Athens, he went to Corinth, where he was joined by Timothy and Silas, who came to him “from Macedonia;” Acts 18:5. But in order to reconcile the account in the Acts with the statement before us in the Epistle, it is necessary to suppose…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5After preaching in Berea, Paul left Macedonia and sailed to Athens. He instructed Silas and Timothy to join him soon (Acts 17:13–15). Timothy returned to Thessalonica because Paul had become more concerned about the Thessalonian church (1 Thessalonians 3:2; 3:1, 5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. minister of God and our fellow labourer--Some oldest manuscripts read, "fellow workman with God"; others, "minister of God." The former is probably genuine, as copyists probably altered it to the latter to avoid the bold phrase, which, however, is sanctioned by 1Co 3:9; 2Co 6:1. The English Version reading is not well supported, and is plainly compounded out of the two other readings. Paul calls Timothy "our brother" here; but in 1Co 4:17, "my son." He…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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