That I might know (εις το γνωνα). Paul's common idiom (verse 2), εις το and the infinitive of purpose (second aorist ingressive ac…

For this cause. Since I knew that you were so liable to be persecuted, and since I feared that some might be turned from the truth by this…

For this cause.—“Because I knew that temptation was sure to overtake you, I sent to see whether our work still lived, and was like…

In this situation, Paul, speaking now only of himself at this point, was constrained to find out through Timothy the state of their faith. He knew …

Lest perhaps the tempter has tempted you. By this statement, he teaches us that temptations are always to be feared, because it is the spe…

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear
Or "bear" the above vehement desire of seeing them, or of hearing fro…

The more we find pleasure in the ways of God, the more we will desire to persevere in them. The apostle's design was to establish and comfort the T…

Paul mentioned the trials the The alonians had endured and the relief he intended to supply for them. Here he recalls how he came to their a istanc…