2 Thessalonians 1:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And this is a cause of our mentioning you with pride among the churches (assemblies) of God for your steadfastness (your unflinching endurance and patience) and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecutions and crushing distresses and afflictions under which you are holding up.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ 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;

Common English Bible

⁴ That’s why we ourselves are bragging about you in God’s churches. We tell about your endurance and faithfulness in all the harassments and trouble that you have put up with.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ so much so that we ourselves even glory in you among the churches of God, because of your patience and faith in all of your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,

2 Thessalonians 1:4 Cross References

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

1 Thessalonians 2:14

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,

1 Thessalonians 2:19

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

1 Thessalonians 1:3

remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:14

For if I have expressed to him some pride in you, I was not put to shame; but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus has proved true.

Revelation 14:12

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

1 Corinthians 7:17

Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

2 Peter 1:6

and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,

James 5:11

Behold, we call those happy who were steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Hebrews 6:15

And thus Abraham, having patiently endured, obtained the promise.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

2 Corinthians 9:4

lest if some Macedonians come with me and find that you are not ready, we be humiliated—to say nothing of you—for being so confident.

2 Corinthians 9:2

for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year; and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

Romans 12:12

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overjoyed.

2 Corinthians 12:10

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.