1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

Paul's Longing to See Them Again

³ that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that _g we are destined for this. ⁴ For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, _h just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

1. Cross References
   Acts 9:16
   For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.
   Acts 14:22
   Strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 2:14
   For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.