1 Thessalonians 3:2 ASV

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

²  and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort 'you' concerning your faith;

³  that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

⁴  For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.