Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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Bible References

We told

John 16:1
"I have said all this to you so that you will not go astray.
Acts 20:24
But I do not consider my life of any account nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Even

1 Thessalonians 2:2
but after we had already suffered and been shamefully treated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition.
Acts 17:1
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Corinthians 8:1
Now, brethren, we want you to know about the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia,
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

General references

Luke 21:13
This will turn into an opportunity for you to bear testimony.