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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Thessalonians 3 Smith's Literal Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_thessalonians/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_thessalonians/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">SLT</a> > 1 Thess. 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_thessalonians/2.htm" title="1 Thessalonians 2">◄</a> 1 Thessalonians 3 <a href="../1_thessalonians/4.htm" title="1 Thessalonians 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_thessalonians/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Timothy’s Visit<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Wherefore no more concealing, we were content to be left among the Athenians alone: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And sent Timothy, our brother, and servant of God, and our coworker in the good news of Christ, in order to make you firm, and comfort you for your faith <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For none to be shaken in these pressures: for ye yourselves know that for this we are placed. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For also, when we were with you, we told you before that we were about to be pressed; as also it was, and ye know. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For this I also, no more concealing, sent to know your faith, lest some way he tempting have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.<p> <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Timothy’s Encouraging Report<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And now Timothy having come to us from you, and having announced to us the good news, your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, greatly desiring to see us, as we also you: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For this, brethren, were we comforted in you in all our pressure, and necessity by your faith: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For now we live, if ye stand in the Lord. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>For what thankfulness can we return to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for you before our God; <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Night and day praying exceedingly to see your face, and to adjust things wanting of your faith?<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you: <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the Lord increase you and make you to abound in love to one another, and to all, as also we to you: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>To make your hearts firm, complete in holiness before God, and our Father, in the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his holy ones.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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