# we could no longer bear it

"we could no longer endure worrying about you"

# good to be left behind at Athens alone

"good for Silvanus and me to stay behind in Athens"

# it was good

"it was proper" or "it was reasonable"

# Athens

Athens was a city in the the Roman province of Achaia [1 Thessalonians 1:7-8](../01/07.md)). This land is now modern-day Greece. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])