2 Thessalonians 1:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁴ Therefore we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith during all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring.^(A)

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

⁵ This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering.^{(B) 6} For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you