1 THESSALONIANS 3:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.”
For even when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction; just as it has come to pass, and as you know — Paul's prior instruction proves prophetic; he prepared them for the very persecution now upon them. The forewarning (prolego, to foretell) is not pessimism but eschatological realism. The fulfillment of his prediction validates the gospel's truth-claim.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 3:4
You ought not, he says, to be troubled, for nothing strange, nothing contrary to expectation is happening; which was sufficient to raise them up. For do you see that on this account also Christ foretold to His disciples? For hear Him saying, “Now I have told you before it came to pass, that when it has come to pass you may believe.” John 14:29 For greatly indeed, greatly does it tend to the comfort of others, to have heard from their teachers what is to happen. For as he that…
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