1 THESSALONIANS 2:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:”
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they suffered from the Jews — the persecution of the Thessalonian church mirrors that of the Jerusalem church, establishing continuity across geography and culture. Suffering unites believers across the Christian diaspora; tribulation becomes a sign of apostolic authenticity and eschatological reality.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 2:14
“For you,” he says, “became imitators of the Churches of God which are in Judæa.” This is a great consolation. It is no wonder, he says, that they should do these things to you, inasmuch as they have done it also to their own countrymen. And this too is no little proof that the Preaching is true, that even Jews were able to endure all things. “For you also,” he says, “have suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews.” There is something more…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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