Verse Comparison: 1 Thessalonians 3:4
American Standard Version
For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
Amplified® Bible
For even when we were with you, [you know] we warned you plainly beforehand that we were to be pressed with difficulties {and} made to suffer affliction, just as to your own knowledge it has [since] happened.
Contemporary English Version
because when we were with you, we told you this would happen. And we did suffer, as you well know.
Darby English Version
for also, when we were with you, we told you beforehand we are about to be in tribulation, even as also it came to pass, and ye know.)
Good News Bible
For while we were still with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to be persecuted; and as you well know, that is exactly what happened.
International Standard Version
In fact, when we were with you, we told you ahead of time that we were going to suffer persecution. And as you know, that is what happened.
King James Version
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
New American Standard Bible
For indeed when we were with you, we {kept} telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.
New International Version
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
New King James Version
For, in fact, we told you before when we were with you that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For indeed when we dwelled with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.
Young's Literal Translation
for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known `it';
