2 Thessalonians 1:4 “So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:”
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God – That is, we mention your example to other churches, and glory in it, as evidence of what the gospel is suited to do; WHY? For your patience – Your patient endurance of trials…and faith – Fidelity, or constancy. You have shown unwavering confidence in God in your afflictions. In all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure – It would seem from this that the persecutions and trials to which the apostle referred to in his First Epistle were continued
2 Timothy 4:1-5 “I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”
The word rendered “heap” episōreuō – does not occur anywhere else in the New Testament. It means “to heap up upon, to accumulate;” and here “to multiply.” The word rendered “itching” – knēthō – also found only in this place in the New Testament. It means “to rub, to scratch;” and then “to tickle,” and here to feel an “itching” for something pleasing or gratifying. The image is derived from the desire which we have when there is an itching sensation, to have it rubbed or scratched.
Search for truth, long for truth and the truth will set you free!
James 5:11 “Behold, we count them happy (“shall call me blessed.”) which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.”
It’s going to be alright. You will be fine. Trust God. Be confident.