1Th 2:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. even after that we had suffered before —at Philippi ( ): a circumstance which would have deterred mere natural, unspiritual men from further preaching. shamefully entreated —ignominiously scourged ( ). bold — ( ). 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 ( ). But here outward conflict with persecutors, rather than inward and mental, was what the missionaries had to endure ( ).

1 Thessalonians 2:2

2. even after that we had suffered before—at Philippi (Ac 16:11-40): a circumstance which would have deterred mere natural, unspiritual men from further preaching.

shamefully entreated—ignominiously scourged (Ac 16:22, 23).

bold— (Ac 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; 2:1). But here outward conflict with persecutors, rather than inward and mental, was what the missionaries had to endure (Ac 17:5, 6; Php 1:30).