1 Thessalonians 3:1

Διὸ μηκέτι στέγοντες, εὐδοκήσαμεν καταλειφθῆναι ἐν Ἀθήναις μόνοι,

Dio mēketi stegontes, eydokēsamen kataleiphthēnai en Athēnais monoi,

King James Version (KJV)

Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;

Modern English

So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.