“but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.”
— WEB
1 Thessalonians 2:2
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“But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.”
— KJV
“but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.”
— ASV
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Commentary
even after that we had suffered before--at Philippi (Acts 16:11-40): a circumstance which would have deterred mere natural, unspiritual men from further preaching. shamefully entreated--ignominiously scourged (Act 16:22-23). bold-- (Act 4:29; Eph 6:20). in our God--The ground of our boldness in speaking was the realization of God as "OUR God." with much contention--that is, literally, as of competitors in a contest: striving earnestness (Col 1:29; Col 2:1). But here outward conflict with persecutors, rather than inward and mental, was what the missionaries had to endure (Act 17:5-6; Phi 1:30).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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