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for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>For indeed when we were with you, we <i>kept</i> telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>For this reason, when I could endure <i>it</i> no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>for now we <i>really</i> live, if you stand firm in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith? <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also <i>do</i> for you; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_thessalonians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_thessalonians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />That no man should be moved in these tribulations: for yourselves know, that we are appointed thereunto. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_thessalonians/3.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_thessalonians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_thessalonians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed to it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_thessalonians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_thessalonians/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_thessalonians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_movement_of_the.htm">Whether the Movement of the Saints Will be Instantaneous?</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Objection 1: It would seem that movement of the saints will be instantaneous. For Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xxii, 30) that "wherever the spirit listeth there will the body be." Now the movement of the will, whereby the spirit wishes to be anywhere, is instantaneous. Therefore the body's movement will be instantaneous. Objection 2: Further, the Philosopher (Phys. iv, 8) proves that there is no movement through a vacuum, because it would follow that something moves instantaneously, since a vacuum <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_movement_of_the.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Saint Thomas Aquinas—</span><span class="citation2">Summa Theologica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/various/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_i/calvin__enduring_persecution_for.htm">Calvin -- Enduring Persecution for Christ</a><br></span><span class="snippet">John Calvin was born in 1509, at Noyon, France. He has been called the greatest of Protestant commentators and theologians, and the inspirer of the Puritan exodus. He often preached every day for weeks in succession. He possest two of the greatest elements in successful pulpit oratory, self-reliance and authority. It was said of him, as it was afterward said of Webster, that "every word weighed a pound." His style was simple, direct, and convincing. He made men think. His splendid contributions to <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/various/the_worlds_great_sermons_volume_i/calvin__enduring_persecution_for.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Various—</span><span class="citation2">The World's Great Sermons, Volume I</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_11_heathenism.htm">Heathenism. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Literature. I. Sources. The works of the Greek and Roman Classics from Homer to Virgil and the age of the Antonines. The monuments of Antiquity. The writings of the early Christian Apologists, especially Justin Martyr: Apologia I. and II.; Tertullian: Apologeticus; Minucius Felix: Octavius; Eusebius: Praeparatio Evangelica; and Augustine (d. 430): De Civitate Dei (the first ten books). II. Later Works. Is. Vossius: De theologia gentili et physiolog. Christ. Frcf. 1675, 2 vols. Creuzer (d. 1858): <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/history_of_the_christian_church_volume_i/section_11_heathenism.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Philip Schaff—</span><span class="citation2">History of the Christian Church, Volume I</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/duff/the_bible_in_its_making/chapter_x_the_beginning_of.htm">The Beginning of the New Testament</a><br></span><span class="snippet">[Illustration: (drop cap T) Coin of Thessalonica] Turn to the list of books given in the beginning of your New Testament. You will see that first come the four Gospels, or glimpses of the Saviour's life given by four different writers. Then follows the Acts of the Apostles, and, lastly, after the twenty-one epistles, the volume ends with the Revelation. Now this is not the order in which the books were written--they are only arranged like this for our convenience. The first words of the New Testament <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/duff/the_bible_in_its_making/chapter_x_the_beginning_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Mildred Duff—</span><span class="citation2">The Bible in its Making</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_23_berea_and_athens.htm">Berea and Athens</a><br></span><span class="snippet">At Berea Paul found Jews who were willing to investigate the truths he taught. Luke's record declares of them: "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few." The minds of the Bereans were not narrowed by prejudice. They were willing to investigate the truthfulness of the doctrines <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_acts_of_the_apostles/lesson_23_berea_and_athens.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Acts of the Apostles</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/paul_at_corinth.htm">Paul at Corinth</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 2. And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. 3. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tent-makers. 4. And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5. And when Silas and Timotheus <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/paul_at_corinth.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_protevangelium.htm">The Protevangelium. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">As the mission of Christ was rendered necessary by the fall of man, so the first dark intimation of Him was given immediately after the fall. It is found in the sentence of punishment which was passed upon the tempter. Gen. iii. 14, 15. A correct understanding of it, however, can be obtained only after we have ascertained who the tempter was. It is, in the first place, unquestionable that a real serpent was engaged in the temptation; so that the opinion of those who maintain that the serpent is only <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_protevangelium.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/9_growth_in_grace.htm">Growth in Grace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'But grow in grace.' 2 Pet 3:38. True grace is progressive, of a spreading and growing nature. It is with grace as with light; first, there is the crepusculum, or daybreak; then it shines brighter to the full meridian. A good Christian is like the crocodile. Quamdiu vivet crescit; he has never done growing. The saints are not only compared to stars for their light, but to trees for their growth. Isa 61:1, and Hos 14:4. A good Christian is not like Hezekiah's sun that went backwards, nor Joshua's <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/9_growth_in_grace.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/21_concerning_persecution.htm">Concerning Persecution</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 We are now come to the last beatitude: Blessed are they which are persecuted . . '. Our Lord Christ would have us reckon the cost. Which of you intending to build a tower sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have enough to finish it?' (Luke 14:28). Religion will cost us the tears of repentance and the blood of persecution. But we see here a great encouragement that may <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/21_concerning_persecution.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:3 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_thessalonians/3-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Thessalonians 3:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Thessalonians 3:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_thessalonians/3-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Thessalonians 3:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Thessalonians 3:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_thessalonians/3-3.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>