2 Thessalonians 1:6
since [it is] a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you — trouble,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 23:22for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Psalms 74:22Arise, O God, plead Thy plea, Remember Thy reproach from a fool all the day.
Psalms 94:20Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Zechariah 2:8For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.
Revelation 6:10and they were crying with a great voice, saying, 'Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'
Revelation 15:4who may not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? because Thou alone [art] kind, because all the nations shall come and bow before Thee, because Thy righteous acts were manifested.'
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 →