2 Thessalonians 1:4

So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all the persecutions and tribulations which you endure:

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In The King James Version

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

In Context

3We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith grows abundantly, and the love of every one of you for each other grows greater;

5Which is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer.

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Cross References

Romans 5:3And not only this, but we also rejoice in tribulations: knowing that tribulation works perseverance;

Romans 12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; faithful in prayer;

2 Corinthians 7:14For if I have boasted at all to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting to Titus has proved true.

2 Corinthians 9:4Lest if any from Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be put to shame by this confidence.

1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brethren, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judaea: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they have from the Jews:

1 Thessalonians 3:2And sent Timothy, our brother, and fellow-worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you in your faith:

Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 1:2-5

Second Thessalonians This Second Epistle was written soon after the former, and seems to have been designed to prevent a mistake, which might arise from some passages in the former epistle, concerning the second coming of Christ, as if it were near at hand. The apostle in this epistle is careful to prevent any wrong use which some among them might make of those expressions of his that were agreeable to the dialect of the prophets of the Old Testament, and informs them that there were many intermediate counsels yet… Read the whole commentary →

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