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VVherfore sence we coulde no lenger forbeare / it pleased vs to remayne at* 1.1 Athens alone / and sent Timotheus oure brother and minister of god / and oure la∣boure felowe in the gospell of Christ / to sta∣blysshe you & to cōforte you over youre fayth y• no mā shulde be moved in these afflicciōs.
For ye youre selves knowe that we are even [ B] apoynted therevnto. For verely when I was with you / I tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion / even as it came to passe / & as ye knowe. For this cause / when I coulde no lenger forbeare / I sent / that I myght ha∣ve knowledge of youre fayth / lest haply the tempter had tempted you / and that oure la∣boure had bene bestowed in vayne.
But now lately whē Timotheus came frō you vnto vs / and declared to vs youre fayth & youre love and how that ye have good remem¦braunce of vs all wayes / desyringe to se vs as [ C] we desyre to se you. Therfore brethrē we had consolacion in you / in all oure adversite & ne¦cessite / through youre fayth. For now are we alyve / yf ye stonde stedfast in the lorde. For what thankes can we recompence to god aga¦yne for you / over all the ioye that we ioye for youre sakes before oure god / whyle we / nyght and daye praye excedingly that we myght se you presently / and myght fulfill that wich is lackynge in youre fayth.
God him silfe oure father and oure lorde Iesus Christ gyde oure iorney vnto you: and [ D] the lorde increace you & make you flowe ouer in love one towarde another / and towarde all men / even as we do towarde you / to make you∣re hertes stable and vnblameable / in holy∣nes before God oure father / at the commyn∣ge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ / with all his sainctes.
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