Richard Francis Weymouth

“ Is it not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His Coming?
002:020 Yes, you are our glory and our joy.
003:001 So when we could endure it no longer, we decided to remain behind in Athens alone;
003:002 and sent Timothy our brother and God's minister in the service of Christ's Good News, that he might help you spiritually and encourage you in your faith;
003:003 that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot. ”

“ For the Lord is an avenger in all such cases, as we have already taught you and solemnly warned you.
004:007 God has not called us to an unclean life, but to one of purity.
004:008 Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.
004:009 But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another;
004:010 and indeed you do love all the brethren throughout Macedonia. ”

“ His Good News, so in what we say we are seeking not to please
men but to please God, who tests and approves our motives.
002:005 For, as you are well aware, we have never used the language
of flattery nor have we found pretexts for enriching ourselves—
God is our witness ”