1 Thessalonians 3:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEREFORE, WHEN [the suspense of separation and our yearning for some personal communication from you] became intolerable, we consented to being left behind alone at Athens.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

Common English Bible

¹ So when we couldn’t stand it any longer, we thought it was a good idea to stay on in Athens by ourselves,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Because of this, willing to wait no longer, it was pleasing to us to remain at Athens, alone.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone:

1 Thessalonians 3:1 Cross References

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,” then within me there is something like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

Jeremiah 44:22

The Lord could no longer bear the sight of your evil doings, the abominations that you committed; therefore your land became a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is to this day.

Acts 17:15

Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens, and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left him.

Acts 17:16

While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols.

2 Corinthians 2:13

but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said farewell to them and went on to Macedonia.

1 Thessalonians 2:17

As for us, brothers and sisters, when for a short time we were made orphans by being separated from you—in person, not in heart—we longed with great eagerness to see you face to face.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith; I was afraid that somehow the tempter had tempted you and that our labor had been in vain.