1 Thessalonians 3:4
for even when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, as it also came to pass, and as you know.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea which are in Christ Jesus; for you, also, have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, that they have suffered from the Jews,
John 16:1-3
These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be ensnared.
Acts 17:1
And when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:5-9
But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came thither, and excited the multitude.
Acts 20:24
But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 8:1-2
We make known to you, brethren, God's gracious gift, which has been given in the churches of Macedonia;
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But having suffered before, and having been outraged, as you know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the midst of great peril.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
so that we ourselves glory in you, among the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure;