2 Thessalonians 1:5

a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

Young's Literal Translation

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 do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

6since [it is] a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you — trouble,

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Cross References

Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

Psalms 33:5Loving righteousness and judgment, Of the kindness of Jehovah is the earth full.

Psalms 72:2He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

Psalms 111:7The works of His hands [are] true and just, Stedfast [are] all His appointments.

Daniel 4:37'Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works [are] truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

Luke 21:36watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, 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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