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2 Thessalonians 1:5

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Encouragement in Persecution

1:5This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy7 of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

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  1. 7 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.

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—

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.

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,

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.

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,

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: