To the Christians in Thessalonica, Paul wrote: “After we had first suffered and been insolently treated (just as you know) in Philippi, we mustered up boldness by means of our God to speak to you the good news of God with a great deal of struggling. ”
مسئولان دولتی در فیلِپّی آنها را با چوب زده و در زندان در غل و زنجیر حبس کردند .‏