1 Thessalonians 3:4
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4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, (A)just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
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1 Thessalonians 2:14
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14 For you, brothers, (A)became imitators of (B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (C)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (D)as they did from the Jews,[a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
1 Thessalonians 2:2
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2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated (A)at Philippi, as you know, (B)we had boldness in our God (C)to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much (D)conflict.
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2 Corinthians 8:1-2
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Encouragement to Give Generously
8 We want you to know, brothers,[a] about the grace of God that has been (A)given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (B)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
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- 2 Corinthians 8:1 Or brothers and sisters
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
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4 Therefore (A)we ourselves boast about you (B)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (C)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
The Judgment at Christ's Coming
5 This is (D)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be (E)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it (F)just (G)to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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Acts 17:13
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13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, (A)agitating and stirring up the crowds.
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John 16:1-3
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16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, (B)the hour is coming when (C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things (D)because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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Acts 17:5-9
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5 (A)But the Jews[a] (B)were jealous, and taking (C)some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. 6 And when they could not find them, (D)they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, 7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against (E)the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is (F)another king, Jesus.” 8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
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Acts 17:1
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Paul and Silas in Thessalonica
17 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to (A)Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
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