1 Thessalonians 3:2-4

21st Century King James Version

² and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God and our fellow laborer in the Gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,

³ that no man should be moved by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed.

⁴ For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we should suffer tribulation, even as it came to pass, as ye know.