2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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Exodus 23:22But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
Psalms 74:22Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Zechariah 2:8For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honour he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Revelation 6:10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 1:6-11
Prospect of Persecuted Saints. ( a. d. 52.) 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who… Read the whole commentary →