⁵This is a ^aplain indication of God’s righteous judgment so that you will be ^bconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

⁶¹For after all ^ait is only just ²for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

⁷and to give relief to you who are afflicted ¹and to us as well ²^awhen the Lord Jesus will be revealed ^bfrom heaven ^cwith ³His mighty angels ^din flaming fire,

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Footnotes

1Lit If indeed
2Or in the sight of
1Lit along with us
2Lit at the revelation of the Lord Jesus
3Lit the angels of His power

Cross references

a Phil 1:28
b Luke 20:35; 2 Thess 1:11
a Ex 23:22; Col 3:25; Heb 6:10
a Luke 17:30
b 1 Thess 4:16
c Jude 14
d Ex 3:2; 19:18; Is 66:15; Ezek 1:13; Dan 7:9; Matt 25:41; 1 Cor 3:13; Heb 10:27; 12:29; 2 Pet 3:7; Jude 7; Rev 14:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering, since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,

NLTNew Living Translation

And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering. In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.

And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

a proof of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which also you are suffering, since it is righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction, and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,

KJV 1900King James Version

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,

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