1 Tessalonicesi 3:4

4 Perché anche quando eravamo fra voi, vi predicevamo che saremmo afflitti; come anche è avvenuto, e voi lo sapete.

1 Tessalonicesi 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Thessalonians 3:4

For, verily, when we were with you
In presence, in person, as they then were in heart and affection; when they were first among them, and preached the Gospel to them:

we told you before;
before it came to pass;

that we should suffer tribulation:
which they might say by virtue of Christ's prediction to all his disciples, that they should have tribulation in the world; and upon its being the common case of God's people, and the usual way through which they enter the kingdom; and the Apostle Paul might foretell this, upon the discovery that was made to him how many things he should suffer for the sake of Christ, and which therefore he always, and in every place expected; and he might have a particular revelation of the disturbance and opposition he was to meet with at Thessalonica:

even as it came to pass, and ye know;
referring to the tumult and uproar in ( Acts 17:5-10 ) , and which should be considered so far from being a discouragement, that it was a great confirmation of the truth of their mission and ministry; nor could it be so surprising to them as it might have been had they had no previous taste of it.

1 Tessalonicesi 3:4 In-Context

2 e mandammo Timoteo, nostro fratello e ministro di Dio nella propagazione del Vangelo di Cristo, per confermarvi e confortarvi nella vostra fede,

3 affinché nessuno fosse scosso in mezzo a queste afflizioni; poiché voi stessi sapete che a questo siamo destinati.

4 Perché anche quando eravamo fra voi, vi predicevamo che saremmo afflitti; come anche è avvenuto, e voi lo sapete.

5 Perciò anch’io, non potendo più resistere, mandai ad informarmi della vostra fede, per tema che il tentatore vi avesse tentati, e la nostra fatica fosse riuscita vana.

6 Ma ora che Timoteo è giunto qui da presso a voi e ci ha recato liete notizie della vostra fede e del vostro amore, e ci ha detto che serbate del continuo buona ricordanza di noi bramando di vederci, come anche noi bramiamo vedervi,