2 Thessalonians 1:5

This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

6Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

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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.NUNAll his precepts are sure.SAMEKH

Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble."

Luke 21:36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be able 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 →

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