1 Thessalonians 3:4
For even when we were with you, we told you in advance that we must pass through tribulations, even as it has come to pass, and ye know.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For ye, brethren, have been imitators in Christ Jesus of the congregations of God which are in Judaea, for ye also have suffered like things of your own nation, even as they have of the Jews,
John 16:1-3
These things I have spoken unto you that ye should not be offended.
Acts 17:1
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where the synagogue of the Jews was.
Acts 17:5-9
But the disobedient Jews, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort and gathered a company and set all the city on an uproar and assaulted the house of Jason and sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the people.
Acts 20:24
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.
2 Corinthians 8:1-2
Likewise, brethren, we make known unto you the grace of God bestowed on the congregations of Macedonia,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
but having suffered before and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to announce unto you the gospel of God with much diligence.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
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