1 Thessalonians 3:4

1 Thessalonians 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.

Context of 1 Thessalonians 3:4

2We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith, 3so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 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. 5So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless. 6But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you!

1 Thessalonians 3:4 word by word

καὶ γὰρ ὅτε πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἦμεν, προελέγομεν ὑμῖν ὅτι μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι καθὼς καὶ ἐγένετο καὶ οἴδατε·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• verilyκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• we wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youσύsu · youG4771
• we toldπρολέγωprolegō · to foretellG4302
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• we shouldμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• suffer tribulationθλίβωthlibō · to press onG2346
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• it came to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ye knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 3:4

• John 16:1“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
• Acts 20:24But 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.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2But 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.
• Acts 17:1After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4As 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.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4That we should suffer tribulation - I prepared you for it, because I knew that it was according to their nature for wicked men to persecute the followers of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before … - It is not mentioned in the history Acts 17:5-8.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5After preaching in Berea, Paul left Macedonia and sailed to Athens. He instructed Silas and Timothy to join him soon (Acts 17:13–15). Timothy returned to Thessalonica because Paul had become more concerned about the Thessalonian church (1 Thessalonians 3:2; 3:1, 5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. that we should suffer--Greek, "that we are about (we are sure) to suffer" according to the appointment of God (1Th 3:3). even as--"even (exactly) as it both came to pass and ye know"; ye know both that it came to pass, and that we foretold it (compare Joh 13:19). The correspondence of the event to the prediction powerfully confirms faith: "Forewarned, forearmed" [Edmunds]. The repetition of "ye know," so frequently, is designed as an argument, that…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 3:4

• Paul

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• Increase
• Live
• Bible, the
• Foretell; Foretold
• Suffering
• Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the
• Thessalonica
• Tribulation
• Thessalonians, First Epistle to the
• tempt, temptation

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings