1 Thessalonians 3:4 BSB

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
γὰρ	gar	indeed	G1063 →
ὅτε	hote	when	G3753 →
πρὸς	pros	with	G4314 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἦμεν,	ēmen	we were,	G1510 →
προελέγομεν	proelegomen	we were telling beforehand	G4302 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
μέλλομεν	mellomen	we are about	G3195 →
θλίβεσθαι	thlibesthai	to suffer affliction	G2346 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ἐγένετο	egeneto	it came to pass	G1096 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἴδατε·	oidate	you know;

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 2:2
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of…
leads to
- Acts 4:13
  When they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they marveled and took note that these men had been with Jesus.
- Acts 16:22–24
  The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
- Acts 17:2–9
  As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Through
1 Thessalonians 2:14
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
leads to
- Hebrews 10:33–34
  Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
- Hebrews 5:7–8
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
- 2 Thessalonians 1:4
  That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
- 2 Corinthians 8:1–2
  Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.
- Galatians 1:22

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”2 Timothy 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,2 Corinthians 8:1–2Now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the churches of Macedonia.Revelation 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.1 Thessalonians 2:2As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.Acts 17:13But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.2 Thessalonians 1:4–6That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.John 16:1–3“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.Acts 17:5–9The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.Acts 17:1When they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.2 Thessalonians 3:10For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”Luke 22:36“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.

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