That no man should be moved with these afflictions: [a]for ye yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto.

For verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulations, even as it came to pass, and ye know it.

Even for this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent him that I might know of your faith, lest the tempter had tempted you in any sort, and that our labor had been in vain.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:3 The will of God, who calleth his on this condition, to bring them to glory by affliction is a most sure remedy against all affliction.

Bible Gateway Recommends