1 Thessalonians 3:4-5

3:4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ¹  3:5 So ²  when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

[3:4]  ¹ tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or “for this reason.”