We
ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly
so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you
have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we
boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and
trials you are enduring. All this is evidence that God's judgment is
right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which you are suffering.
in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring
1 Thessalonians 1:6 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15a For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-3 We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God's service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
Mark 4:17 "But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away."
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
Romans 5:3-5 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
2 Timothy 3:12-13 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and imposters will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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