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So we brag about you to the other churches of God. We tell them about the way you continue to be strong and have faith. You are being treated badly and are suffering many troubles, but you continue with strength and faith.

This is proof that God is right in his judgment. God wants you to be worthy of his kingdom. Your suffering is for that kingdom. And God will do what is right. He will give trouble to those who trouble you.

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Therefore, among God’s churches we boast(A) about your perseverance and faith(B) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.(C)

All this is evidence(D) that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy(E) of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. God is just:(F) He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you(G)

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