2 Thessalonians 1:4 “That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and…”

2 Thessalonians 1:4

That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

American Standard Version

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

Geneva Bible 1599

So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Churches of God, because of your patience and faith in al your persecutions and tribulatios that ye suffer,

Darby Translation

so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

Young's Literal Translation

so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

Bible in Basic English

So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

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Cross references

“glory”

2 Corinthians 7:14 1 Thessalonians 2:19 2 Corinthians 9:2 2 Corinthians 9:4

2 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

1 Thessalonians 2:19 · BSB

After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

2 Corinthians 9:2 · BSB

For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.

2 Corinthians 9:4 · BSB

Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

“your patience”

Hebrews 10:36 Hebrews 12:1–3 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Romans 5:3–5 Revelation 14:12 2 Thessalonians 3:5

Hebrews 10:36 · BSB

You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.

Hebrews 12:1–3 · BSB

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

1 Thessalonians 1:3 · BSB

and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:3–5 · BSB

Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

Revelation 14:12 · BSB

Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 3:5 · BSB

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

“your persecutions”

1 Thessalonians 2:14 James 5:11 1 Thessalonians 3:3 1 Thessalonians 3:4

1 Thessalonians 2:14 · BSB

For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

James 5:11 · BSB

See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

1 Thessalonians 3:3 · BSB

so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

1 Thessalonians 3:4 · BSB

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

Also

1 Corinthians 7:17

1 Corinthians 7:17 · BSB

Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

5All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

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