1 Thessalonians 3:4

For also, when we were with you, we told you before that we were about to be pressed; as also it was, and ye know.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For ye, brethren, were imitators of the churches of God being in Judea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things by your own race, as they also by the Jews:

John 16:1-3

These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended.

Acts 17:1

And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:

Acts 17:5-9

And the unbelieving Jews, having been jealous, and having taken certain evil men of the vulgar, and excited to tumult, they disturbed the city by loud noise, and having stood against the house of Jason, they sought to bring them to the populace.

Acts 17:13

And when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that also in Berea the word of God was announced by Paul, they came there also, agitating the crowd.

Acts 20:24

But the word of none do I make mine own, neither have I my soul highly prized to myself, in order to finish my course with joy, and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia;

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But also having suffered before, and having been injured, as ye know, among the Philippians, we acted freely in our God to speak to you the good news of God with much contest.

2 Thessalonians 1:4-6

So that we ourselves boast in you in all the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your expulsions and pressures which ye endure:

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Summary

For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

General references

Bible References

We told

John 16:1
These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended.
Acts 20:24
But the word of none do I make mine own, neither have I my soul highly prized to myself, in order to finish my course with joy, and the service which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.

Even

1 Thessalonians 2:2
But also having suffered before, and having been injured, as ye know, among the Philippians, we acted freely in our God to speak to you the good news of God with much contest.
Acts 17:1
And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2 Corinthians 8:1
And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God given in the churches of Macedonia;
2 Thessalonians 1:4
So that we ourselves boast in you in all the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your expulsions and pressures which ye endure:

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20
And I turned about to let my heart despair for all the labor I labored under the sun.
Luke 21:13
And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.