1 Thessalonians 3:7

3:7 So ¹  in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, ²  through your faith.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ³  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

3:4 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. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Or “for this reason.”

² tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

³ tn Or “after you received.”

⁴ tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”