2 Thessalonians 1:3-8

3Dear brothers and sisters, we can’t help but thank God for you, because your faith is flourishing and your love for one another is growing.

4We proudly tell God’s other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.

5And God will use this persecution to show his justice and to make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

6In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you.

7And 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,

8in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don’t know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.