1-Tessalonicenzen 2:2

Immers, ondanks de mishandeling en de smaad, die wij, zoals gij weet, te Filippi tevoren ondergaan hadden, hebben wij u, in onze God vrijmoedig, onder zware strijd het evangelie Gods gebracht.

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.