1 Thessalonians 3:4
For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,
John 16:1-3
"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
Acts 17:1
After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
Acts 17:5-9
But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
Acts 20:24
But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.
2 Corinthians 8:1-2
Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.