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;


In Context

1 Wherefore no longer forbearing, we thought good to be left in Athens alone,

2 and did send Timotheus — our brother, and a ministrant of God, and our fellow-workman in the good news of the Christ — to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith,

3 that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

4 for 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;

5 because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

6 And now Timotheus having come unto us from you, and having declared good news to us of your faith and love, and that ye have a good remembrance of us always, desiring much to see us, 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 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 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.