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2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 KJV
2 Thessalonians · chapter 1 · verses 4–7 · King James Version
4So 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: 5Which 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: 6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 · King James Version
2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 in context
2Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3We 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;
4So 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:
5Which 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:
6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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Key words (Strong's)
- persecutionsdiōgmospersecutionG1375 →
- tribulationsthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- recompenseantapodidōmiin a good sense, to repay, requite, in a bad sense, penalty and vengeanceG467 →
- ourselvesautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- righteousdikaiosrighteous, observing divine laws, in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping…G1342 →
- churchesekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- patiencehypomonēsteadfastness, constancy, endurance, in the NT the characteristic of a man who is not…G5281 →
- judgmentkrisisa separating, sundering, separation, a trial, contest, selection, judgment, opinion or…G2920 →
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