2 Thessalonians 1:3-7

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.

As a result, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

This is a plain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.

For after all it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels