But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 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.