Key Verse Spotlight
2 Thessalonians 1:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Seeing {it is} a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;”
2 Thessalonians 1:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
So 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:
{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:
Seeing {it is} a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, {his...: Gr. the angels of his power}
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {taking: or, yielding}
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