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Stone foundation in rain with ordinary adults sheltering one another, grounded endurance metaphor.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

Unshaken by affliction

Strengthened by Faith and Abounding Love · 1 Thessalonians 3

Story guide: Affliction had been anticipated, and the community is urged to remain steady. This is an interpretive visual essay, not a record of an otherwise unreported event.

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3so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed for this.

4For even when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were going to suffer affliction, just as it also happened, and you know it.

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