“A Matter of Perspective”

1 Thessalonians 2: 2: “After we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had to boldness in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God amid much opposition.” From the point of view of many in Philippi and Thessalonica, St. Paul and his team were deviate losers, and were treated as such. To an outside observer, or St. Paul himself, it could have led to an incorrect ‘performance rating.’ But he knew the evaluation of the only one Who mattered, that he was approved by God (v. 4), and in this lay his confidence!