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

2And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: 3That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 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. 5For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. 6But now when Timothy came from you to us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also 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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• verilyκαίkai · andG2532
• whenὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• wereἦνēn · wasG2258
• withπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• youὑμᾶςhumas · youG5209
• toldπρολέγωprolegō · to foretellG4302
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• shouldμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• tribulationθλίβωthlibō · to press onG2346
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 3:4

• John 16:1These things have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.
• Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.
• Acts 17:1Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
• 2 Corinthians 8:1Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

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