But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,
Suffering of their own countrymen, [Speaking of the church in Jerusalem] and of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men ( 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15 ):