1 Thessalonians 3:4
When we were with you, we told you that we would suffer tribulation and affliction. It happened, as you know.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
You brothers became imitators of the congregations of God that are in Judea in Christ Jesus. You also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
John 16:1-3
I have spoken these things to you that you should not be made to stumble.
Acts 17:1
They passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:5-9
The Jews were moved with jealousy so they gathered bad people who organized a crowd for a riot. They assaulted the house of Jason in order to bring them out to the crowd.
Acts 17:13
When the Jews of Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Beroea, they went there and stirred up the crowds and caused trouble.
Acts 20:24
I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to preach the good news of the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 8:1-2
We make known to you brothers the grace of God that has been given to the congregations of Macedonia.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
After we suffered and were mistreated in Philippi, we had the boldness (confidence) in our God to speak the good news of God to you amid much opposition.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.