1 Thessalonians 3:2
and to send to you Timothy our brother, a servant of God, and our assistant in the announcement of the Messiah; that he might strengthen you, and inquire of you respecting your faith:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
1And, because we could no longer endure it, we were willing to be left alone at Athens,
Cross References
Acts 16:1And he came to the city Derbe, and to Lystra. And there was a certain disciple there, whose name was Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, but his father was a Gentile.
Acts 17:14And the brethren sent away Paul, that he might go down to the sea. But Silas and Timothy abode in that city.
Romans 16:21Timothy, my fellow-laborer, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
1 Corinthians 16:10And if Timothy come to you, see that he may be without fear among you; for he doeth the work of the Lord, as I do.
2 Corinthians 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached to you by us, namely, by me, by Sylvanus, and by Timotheus, was not Yes and No; but it was Yes in him.
2 Corinthians 8:23And therefore, if Titus be inquired about, he is my associate and assistant among you: or if our other brethren, they are the legates of the churches of the Messiah's glory.
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 3:2-6
The Mission of Timothy. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 2 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: 3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and… Read the whole commentary →