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.
1 Thessalonians 3:1 - New Revised Standard Version Therefore when we could bear it no longer, we decided to be left alone in Athens; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone; Common English Bible 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 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 For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone: |
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.
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.
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.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply distressed to see that the city was full of idols.
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.
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.
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.