1 Thessalonians 3:3, 4
1 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV
so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
1 Thessalonians 3:4 NIV
In 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.