1 Thessalonians 3:7 Cross References - Lamsa

⁷ Therefore, our brethren, we have been comforted by you, in the midst of all our distress and tribulations because of your faith:

⁴ And some of them believed and joined Paul and Silas; and many of them were Greeks who feared God, and many of them were well known women, a goodly number. ⁵ But the Jews, being jealous, secured a band of bad men from the streets of the city and formed a great mob, who caused disturbances in the city, and who came and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out from it and deliver them to the mob. ⁶ And when they failed to find them there, they dragged forth Jason and the brethren who were there and brought them before the authorities of the city, crying, These are the men who have created disturbances throughout the world, and behold, they have come here also, ⁷ And Jason has welcomed them: and all of them are against the decrees of CµÆsar, saying that there is another king, Jesus. ⁸ The authorities of the city and all the people were alarmed when they heard these things. ⁹ So they took bail from Jason and some of the brethren and then let them go. ¹⁰ Then the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to the city of Be-reÆa: and when they arrived there, they entered into the synagogue of the Jews.

⁹ For I think God has placed us, the apostles, last as if we were condemned to death: for we have become a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools for ChristÆs sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are praised, but we are despised. ¹¹ Even to this very hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and mistreated and have no permanent home; ¹² And labor, working with our own hands: being cursed we bless, being persecuted, we endure it; ¹³ Being reviled, we intreat;: we are looked upon as the refuse of the world, and we are the revilement of every man to this day.

⁴ Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we also may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, by the very comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁶ Nevertheless God, who comforts the meek, comforted us by the coming of Titus; ⁷ And not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, for he brought us the good news concerning your love towards us, your mourning and your zeal on our behalf; and when I heard it, I rejoiced exceedingly.

¹³ Therefore we were comforted and with our consolation we rejoiced exceedingly in the joy of Titus, for his spirit was refreshed by you all.

²³ If they are ministers of Christ, I speak as a fool, I am greater than they; in labor more than they, in wounds more than they, in imprisonments more frequent than they, and in danger of death many times. ²⁴ By the Jews I was scourged five times, each time forty stripes less one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was in shipwreck, a day and a night I have been adrift in the sea in shipwreck. ²⁶ On many journeys, I have been in perils from rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own kinsmen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren; ²⁷ In toil and weariness, in sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, through much fasting, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Besides other things, and the many calling on me everyday, I have also the care of all the churches.

⁸ Now we can live happily, if you stand firm in our LORD. ⁹ What thanks can we offer to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes, ¹⁰ But you have been a follower of my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, patience, charity, love, steadfastness, ¹¹ Persecution and sorrows: you know the things which I endured at Antioch, and at IcoÆni- um, and at LysÆtra; how I was persecuted; and yet from all these my LORD delivered me. ¹² Likewise, all those who wish to live a godly life in Jesus Christ shall suffer persecution.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I found some of your children living in the truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.