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Thomas Aquinas, on 1Thess 3:4
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
1Thess 3:4 · Douay-Rheims
“For even when we were with you, we foretold you that we should suffer tribulations, as also it is come to pass, and you know.”
On this verse:
“The other consideration strengthening them is a prediction concerning the future, for anticipated difficulties are less harmful. So Paul tells them: for when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, that is, Paul had warned them about the tribulations they would go through in their time.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.