1 Thessalonians 3:1
King James Version
28 Jul 2026
“Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;”
διό
Therefore, consequently, for this reason. Dio. God's logic moves in one direction: from promise to fulfillment, from grace to response. What came before demands what comes next. Follow the argument through.
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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στέγω
enduring
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στέγω
Cover, endure, bear all things. Stégō. Love bears all things, covering offense the way a roof covers what is beneath it. Endure without exposing. Protect without complaint.
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εὐδοκέω
we thought it best
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εὐδοκέω
To be well pleased, to delight in, to approve. Eudokeō. This is the word spoken over Jesus at his baptism: "This is my Son, in whom I am well pleased." God's approval is not reluctant. It is delight. Rest in what the Father already delights in.
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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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μόνος
alone
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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.
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