1 Thessalonians 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;”
1 Thessalonians 3:1 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Thessalonians 3:18 words
ΔιὸDiofor which
cause, therefore, wherefore
μηκέτιmēketiany longer, (not) henceforth, hereafter
στέγοντεςstegontes(for-)bear, suffer
εὐδοκήσαμενeudokēsamenthink good, (be well)
please(-d), be the…
καταλειφθῆναιkataleiphthēnaiforsake, leave, reserve
ἐνenabout, after, against
ἈθήναιςAthēnaisAthens
μόνοιmonoionly / alone
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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