2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgement of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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In Context
6For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict 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 the LORD.
Psalms 72:2He will judge your people with righteousness, and your 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 honour the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Luke 21:36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will 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 →