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.

General references

Bible References

We told

John 16:1
“I have told you these things to keep you from stumbling.
Acts 20:24
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.

Even

1 Thessalonians 2:2
On the contrary, after we had previously suffered, and we were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.
Acts 17:1
Then they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
2 Corinthians 8:1
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God granted to the churches of Macedonia:
2 Thessalonians 1:4
Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches—about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure.

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20
So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.
Luke 21:13
It will lead to an opportunity for you to witness.

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