2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6For it is a righteous thing with God, to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you,
Cross References
Job 8:3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Psalms 33:5He loueth righteousnesse and iudgement: the earth is full of the goodnesse of the Lord.
Psalms 72:2Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.
Psalms 111:7The workes of his handes are trueth and iudgement: all his statutes are true.
Luke 21:36Watche therefore, and pray continually, that ye may be counted worthy to escape all these thinges that shall come to passe, and that ye may stand before the Sonne 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 →