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Forγὰρindeed,καὶwhenὅτεwe wereἦμενwithπρὸςyou,ὑμᾶςwe toldπροελέγομενyouὑμῖνbeforehandπροελέγομενthatὅτιwe were goingμέλλομενto suffer affliction,θλίβεσθαιjust asκαθὼςit alsoκαὶhappened,ἐγένετοandκαὶyou know.οἴδατε
1 Thessalonians 3:4
Study it in the app“For indeed, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were going to suffer affliction, just as it also happened, and you know.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 3:4, word by word
- we wereἦμενēmen
be present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “ēmen” appears- we toldπροελέγομενproelegomen
tell beforehand
Say beforehand, foretell.
Where else “proelegomen” appears- we were goingμέλλομενmellomen
be about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellomen” appears- to suffer afflictionθλίβεσθαιthlibesthai
afflict
To make suffer, or be in trouble.
Where else “thlibesthai” appears- happenedἐγένετοegeneto
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “egeneto” appears- you knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears
The context
3so that no one would be unsettled by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this.
4 · This verse (above)
5For this reason I also, when I could no longer bear it, sent to learn of your faith, for fear that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be in vain.