2 Thessalonians 1:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴Therefore, we boast incessantly of you to the Churches of God for your steadfastness and faith despite all the persecutions and tribulations that you have had to endure.

Judgment and the Coming of the Lord. ⁵All this is proof of God’s just judgment, and it shows that you are worthy of the kingdom of God, for the sake of which you are suffering. ⁶It is only just that God will repay with suffering those who make you suffer