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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain: but having suffered before, and been shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the Gospel of God in much conflict." Great indeed were your actions also, but yet neither did we have recourse to human speech. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Great, says the apostle, are your struggles; but we also did not employ a merely human word, and our entrance was not without effect, that is, without dangers and trials, and in general without hardships. For, as has been said many times, dangers strengthen faith; without them it would be in vain.
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
I beg you, in all this recall to your mind what I believe you must never forget: "All who would live godly in Christ suffer persecution." And with regard to this I confidently say that you would live less godly if you suffered less persecution. For let us hear what else the same teacher of the Gentiles says to his disciples. …
Thomas Aquinas
Before, Paul commended the Thessalonians for having received God's word amid tribulations; now he praises them because they did not fall away as a result of difficulties; in mentioning this he does three things. First, he recalls their troubles; secondly, Paul points out the kind of remedy he applied to them (3:1), thirdly, the reason for the praise is given (3:8). Paul said before that everybody talks about them and about the role of the Apostle in their conversion. …
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