2 Thessalonians 1:5
a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye should be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which ye also suffer;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
Cross References
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Psalms 33:5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the loving-kindness of Jehovah.
Psalms 72:2He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
Psalms 111:7The works of his hands are truth and judgment; all his precepts are faithful:
Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Luke 21:36Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, 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 →