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.


In Context

1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone;

2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God's minister in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

3 that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

4 For 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.

5 For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labour should be in vain.

6 But when Timothy came even now unto us from you, and brought us glad tidings of your faith and love, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, longing to see us, even as we also to see 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4for 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.)

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.