1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 ESV
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all mankind by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!
* Imitating the suffering of the churches of God in Christ : “This fact challenges Christians of today who expect relaxation and prosperity through faith. Would you keep the faith if it brought suffering rather than the blessings we expect?”
