2 Thessalonians 1:5
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
Cross References
Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Psalms 33:5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
Psalms 111:7The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about 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 →