1 Thessalonians 3:4

American Standard Version (1901)

For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

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  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
  • 2 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; 2 how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • John 16:1-3 : 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God. 3 And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up and troubling the multitudes.
  • 2 Thess 1:4-6 : 4 so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure; 5 [ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
  • Acts 17:1 : 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
  • Acts 17:5-9 : 5 But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people. 6 And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; 7 whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one] Jesus. 8 And they troubled the multitude and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Thess 3:1-3
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    1Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

    2and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort [you] concerning your faith;

    3that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

    5[ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

  • 1 Thess 3:5-7
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    5For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

    6But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also [to see] you;

    7for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

  • 1 Thess 2:1-2
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    1For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

    2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

  • 2 Cor 1:4-8
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    4who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound unto us, even so our comfort also aboundeth through Christ.

    6But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

    7and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

    8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

  • 1 Thess 1:5-7
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    5how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and [in] much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

    6And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

    7so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

  • Rom 5:3
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    3And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

  • 2 Tim 3:10-12
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    10But thou didst follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,

    11persecutions, sufferings. What things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.

    12Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • 2 Cor 7:4-5
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    4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

    5For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but [we were] afflicted on every side; without [were] fightings, within [were] fears.

  • 2 Thess 3:7-9
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    7For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

    8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

  • Acts 14:22
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    22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

  • 1 Thess 2:9-11
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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

    10Ye are witnesses, and God [also], how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

    11as ye know how we [dealt with] each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging [you], and testifying,

  • Phil 1:29-30
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    29because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

    30having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

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    2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Cor 4:11-12
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    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

    12and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

  • Gal 4:13
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    13but ye know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you the first time:

  • 2 Cor 2:4
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    4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly unto you.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

  • Heb 10:32-33
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    32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;

    33partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

  • 2 Thess 2:5
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    5Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

  • 2 Cor 4:8
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    8[ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

  • 1 Pet 5:9
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    9whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.

  • 1 Thess 2:17
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    17But we, brethren, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence not in heart, endeavored the more exceedingly to see your face with great desire:

  • 2 Thess 3:4
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    4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4lest by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be put to shame in this confidence.