1 Thessalonians 3:4
For also when we were with you we foretold you that we were going to be oppressed, just as it also happened, and ye know.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For ye, brothers, became imitators of the congregations of God, which are in Judea in Christ Jesus, because ye also suffered the same things by your own countrymen, just as also they by the Jews.
John 16:1-3
I have spoken these things to you, so that ye may not be caused to stumble.
Acts 17:1
Now after passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:5-9
But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica also learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there also, agitating the crowds.
Acts 20:24
But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good-news of the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 8:1-2
And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But having suffered before and been mistreated in Philippi, as ye know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the good-news of God within much conflict.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
So as for us ourselves to have pride in you in the congregations of God, for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the tribulations that ye endure,