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

For -- to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous.

for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved;

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

wherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

We are

because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

'Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

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

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

and he having come unto us, and having taken up the girdle of Paul, having bound also his own hands and feet, said, 'Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose is this girdle -- so shall the Jews in Jerusalem bind, and they shall deliver him up to the hands of nations.'

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

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

the persecutions, the afflictions, that befell me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

General references

And I turned round to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour that I laboured at under the sun.

and it shall become to you for a testimony.