2 Thessalonians 1:5
being evidence of the righteous judgment of God, for you to be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also ye suffer.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Since it is a righteous thing according to God to repay restriction to those who restrict you,
Cross References
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Psalms 33:5He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of LORD.
Psalms 72:2He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice.
Psalms 111:7The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways justice. And he is able to abase those who walk in pride.
Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 1:2-5
Second Thessalonians This Second Epistle was written soon after the former, and seems to have been designed to prevent a mistake, which might arise from some passages in the former epistle, concerning the second coming of Christ, as if it were near at hand. The apostle in this epistle is careful to prevent any wrong use which some among them might make of those expressions of his that were agreeable to the dialect of the prophets of the Old Testament, and informs them that there were many intermediate counsels yet… Read the whole commentary →