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1Dio mēketi stegarōntois eudokana kataleipira en Athēnai monois,So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens. 2kai pempana Timotheon, ton adelfon nu kai ⸀sunergon tou ⸀theou en te euangelie tou Christou, eis tem stērizara vin kai parakalara ⸀huper tau pistiau vuWe sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3tem mēdenon sainorō en tai thlipsiai houtai. autois gar oidavē hoti eis houtem keionō;so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this. 4kai gar hote pros vin ane, prolegane vi hoti mellanō thliborō, kathōs kai geneta kai oidavē.Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass. 5dia houtem kamis mēketi stegarōntos pempama eis tem gnōskara tan pistian vu, mē pōs peirazata vin tos peirazarōntos kai eis kenem geneteia tos kopos nu.For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.
6Arti de ercharantou Timotheou pros nin apo vu kai euangelizerantou ni tan pistian kai tan agapan vu, kai hoti echavō mneian nu agathan pantote epipotharōntois nin horara kathaper kai nis vin,But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you. 7dia houtem parakalina, adelfoir, epi vi epi panta ta ⸂ananka kai thlipsia⸃ nu dia tau vu pistiau,For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. 8hoti nun zōanō ean vis stēkavō en kurio.For now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord. 9tinan gar eucharistian dunonō to theo antapodōara peri vu epi panta ta chara ha chairanō dia vin emprosthen tou theou nu,How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? 10nuktau kai hēmerau huperekperissou dorōntois eis tem horara vu tem prosōpem kai katartizara teim husterēmeim tau pistiau vu?Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.
11Autos de tos theos kai patros nu kai tos kurios nu ⸀Iēsus kateuthunatoia tan hodan nu pros vin;Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. 12vin de tos kurios pleonazatoia kai perisseuatoia ta agapa eis allēloin kai eis pantoin, kathaper kai nis eis vin,And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows, 13eis tem stērizara vu tain kardiain amemptain en hagiōsuna emprosthen tou theou kai patrou nu en ta parousia tou kuriou nu ⸀Iēsu meta pantoiu toiu hagioiu ⸀autou.so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
Textual notes7
2 ⸀sunergon other edd. διάκονον. ⸀theou Byz +kai sunergon nu. ⸀huper Byz vin peri. 7 ⸂ananka kai thlipsia⸃ Byz reverses. 11 ⸀Iēsus Byz +christos. 13 ⸀Iēsu Byz +christou. ⸀autou mod. edd. +amēn.