1 Thessalonians 3:3

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Summary

1 Thessalonians 3:3

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

Moved

We are

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Luke 21:13

Bible References

Moved

Caph Surely he shall not be moved for ever; Lamed the righteous shall be in eternal remembrance.

For David speaks concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved,

But none of these things move me, neither do I count my life dear unto myself, only that I might finish my course with joy and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And not only this, but we even glory in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation works patience;

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

and in nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of saving health and that of God.

if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard and which is preached to every creature which is under heaven, of which I Paul am made a minister,

so that we ourselves glory in you in the congregations of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure and

Therefore be not thou ashamed to give testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel by the power of God,

Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer; behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

We are

For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain saving health by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore prudent as serpents and innocent as doves.

Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the hour will even come when whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.

for I will show him how much it behooves him to suffer for my name.

confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that prisons and tribulations await me.

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle and bound his own hands and feet and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Who shall separate us from the charity of Christ? shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men.

persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, persecutions I have endured, and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

Because for this were ye called: for the Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps

Beloved, think it not strange when you are tried by fire (which is done to prove you) as though some strange thing happened unto you,

General references

Therefore my heart began to despair again regarding all the labour which I took under the sun.

And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.