2 Thessalonians 1:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.”
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“All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Thessalonians 1:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Psalms 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- Psalms 33:5The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 111:7The works of His hands are truth and justice; all His precepts are trustworthy.
- Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
- Luke 20:35But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
- Luke 21:36So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 8:17And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
- Colossians 1:12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
- 2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
- Hebrews 10:32Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
- 1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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