1 Thessalonians 2:14

2:14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, ¹  of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

3:3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 3:4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. ² 

James 5:11

5:11 Think of how we regard ³  as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. ⁴ 

[2:14]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:4.

[3:4]  ² tn Grk “just as it also occurred and you know.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Grk “Behold! We regard…”

[5:11]  ⁴ sn An allusion to Exod 34:6; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; 102:13; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2.