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2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
New English Translation
2 Thessalonians 1:4-6
New English Translation
4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.
Encouragement in Persecution
5 This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy[a] of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering. 6 For it is right[b] for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:5 tn Grk “so that you may be made worthy.” The passive infinitive καταξιωθῆναι (kataxiōthēnai) has been translated as an active construction in English for stylistic reasons.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 tn Grk “if in fact/since,” as a continuation of the preceding.
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