2 Thessalonians 1:5
“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:”
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
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:
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
“And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.”
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.”
“And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.”