2 Thessalonians 1:4-8
2 Thessalonians 1:4
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.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
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.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For after all it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
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
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.