2 Thessalonians 1:3-8

3We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters. It’s right to do this because your faith is showing remarkable growth and your love for each other is increasing.

4That’s why we brag in God’s churches about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and suffering you are experiencing.

5Your suffering proves that God’s judgment is right and that you are considered worthy of his kingdom.

6Certainly, it is right for God to give suffering to those who cause you to suffer.

7It is also right for God to give all of us relief from our suffering. He will do this when the Lord Jesus is revealed, ⌞coming⌟ from heaven with his mighty angels in a blazing fire.

8He will take revenge on those who refuse to acknowledge God and on those who refuse to respond to the Good News about our Lord Jesus.