1 Thessalonians 3:1 meaning and explanation
So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
1 Thessalonians 3:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes this verse as the opening of a personal update to the new believers in Thessalonica. He and his companions had been forced to leave the city after opposition, and Paul had waited in Athens, anxious about how the young church was holding up under pressure.
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