1 Thessalonians 3:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.”
μέλλω
to intend, i.e. be about to be, do, or suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose, duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation)
θλίβω
to suffer affliction
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θλίβω
To press, to crowd, to afflict. Thlibo. We are pressed on every side but not crushed. The pressure is real. But so is the power that keeps you from being destroyed by it.
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γίνομαι
it came to pass
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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ὅτε
when
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ὅτε
When, at the time when, after. When the fullness of time had come God sent His Son. God's timing is always right. He never acts too early or too late.
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προλέγω
we were telling beforehand
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προλέγω
we were telling beforehand
to say beforehand, i.e. predict, forewarn
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εἰμί
we were,
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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καθώς
even as
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καθώς
just (or inasmuch) as, that
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