1 Thessalonians 3:1
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
KJV
Διὸ μηκέτι στέγοντες εὐδοκήσαμεν καταλειφθῆναι ἐν Ἀθήναις μόνοι,
Greek NT
Propter quod non sustinentes amplius, placuit nobis remanere Athenis, solis :
Vulgate
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;
ASV
For which cause, forbearing no longer, we thought it good to remain at Athens alone.
Douay-Rheims
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Places
Athens
In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
διό
dio
conjunction · 52×
εὐδοκέω
eudokeo
verb · 21×
καταλείπω
kataleipo
verb · 25×
μηκέτι
meketi
adverb · 23×
μόνος
monos
adjective · 48×
στέγω
stego
verb · 4×
Ἀθῆναι
athenai
noun · 4×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 2:17 — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
- 1Thess 3:5 — For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
- 2Cor 2:13 — I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
- Acts 17:15 — And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
- Acts 17:15 — And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
- Jer 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay