1Th 2:14 | MHM | STEP | v. 14 : He tells them that they became like the churches of God in Judea, suffering the same kinds of persecution from their own countrymen as those believers did from the Jews. Paul encourages them by showing that they are not alone in their hardships ( For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews ; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ).

‏ 1 Thessalonians 2:14

v. 14: He tells them that they became like the churches of God in Judea, suffering the same kinds of persecution from their own countrymen as those believers did from the Jews. Paul encourages them by showing that they are not alone in their hardships (For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews; 1 Thessalonians 2:14 ^a).