Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Thessalonians 3:4
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4. that we should suffer — Greek, "that we are about (we are sure) to suffer" according to the appointment of God ( :- ). even as —" even (exactly) as it both came to pass and ye know"; ye know both that it came to pass, and that we foretold it (compare John 13:19 ). The correspondence of the event to the prediction powerfully confirms faith: "Forewarned, forearmed" [EDMUNDS]. The repetition of "ye know," so frequently, is designed as an argument, that being forewarned of coming affliction, they should be less readily "moved" by it. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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