For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!