1 Thessalonians 3:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;”
μόνος
Only, alone, solitary. Monos. Man shall not live by bread alone. The deepest hungers of life cannot be satisfied by material things. Only God can fill what God shaped.
καταλείπω
to be left behind
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καταλείπω
To leave behind, to forsake. I will never leave you or forsake you. God speaks this promise to every believer in every generation.
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μηκέτι
no longer
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μηκέτι
No longer, no more. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain for the old order of things has passed away.
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εὐδοκέω
we thought it best
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εὐδοκέω
to think well of, i.e. approve (an act); specially, to approbate (a person or thing)
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στέγω
enduring
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στέγω
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
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διό
Therefore
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διό
through which thing, i.e. consequently
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