Therefore, when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone,
      III. The motive inducing Paul to send Timothy for this end, namely, a godly fear or jealousy, lest they should be moved from the faith of Christ, 1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:3. He was desirous that no man, no one among them, should be moved or shaken in mind, that they should not apostatize or waver in the faith. And yet,