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 co-worker for God in proclaiming the Good News of Messiah, in order to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know we are destined for this. For even when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer persecution— just as has happened, as you know. 5For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faithfulness, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be in vain. 6But now that Timothy has come to us from you and brought us the good news of your faithfulness and love, and that you always have good memories of us, longing to see us just as we 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 spoken these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
• Acts 20:24However, I don’t consider my life of any value, except that I might finish my course and the office I received from the Lord Yeshua, to declare the Good News of the grace of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2On the contrary, after we had first suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to tell you the Good News of God—even in the midst of much opposition.
• Acts 17:1After passing 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 God has given to Messiah’s communities in Macedonia—
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, we ourselves boast of you among the communities of God—about your perseverance and faithfulness through all the persecutions and troubles that you 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