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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul tells the believers he has sent Timothy to strengthen their faith.
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# we could no longer bear it
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"we could no longer endure worrying about you"
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# good to be left behind at Athens alone
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"good for Silvanus and me to stay behind in Athens"
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# good
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"proper" or "reasonable"
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# Athens
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This is a city in the Achaia province, which is now modern-day Greece. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# our brother and fellow worker
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These two expressions both describe Timothy.
# no one would be shaken
To be "shaken" is an idiom for being afraid. AT: "no one would be frightened away from trusting in Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# we have been appointed
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Paul assumes that everyone knows that it was God who appointed them. This can be made explicit. AT: "God has appointed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/timothy]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/suffer]]
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