1 Thessalonians 3:1-4

Therefore, when we could no longer endure it, we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the benefit of your faith,

so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it happened, as you know.