4for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)


In Context

1 Wherefore, being no longer able to refrain ourselves, we thought good to be left alone in Athens,

2 and sent Timotheus, our brother and fellow-workman under God in the glad tidings of Christ, to confirm you and encourage you concerning your faith,

3 that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

4 for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)

5 For this reason I also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

6 But Timotheus having just come to us from you, and brought to us the glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have always good remembrance of us, desiring much to see us, even as we also you;

1 Thessalonians 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:4In 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:4For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4For truly, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know.