Section 3F of Preface: Those Who Persecute the
Followers of Christ
 "...therefore,
we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches
of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst
of all your persecutions and afflictions which you
endure. This is a plain indication of God's
righteous judgment so that you may be considered
worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you
are suffering. For after all it is only just for God
to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and
to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as
well when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from
heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire..." II
Thessalonians 1:4-7 (NAS)
"Never take your own revenge,
beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it
is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says
the Lord." Romans 12:19 (NAS)
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So
we boast about you to the other churches of God. We
tell the other churches the way you continue to be
strong and have faith. You are being persecuted and
are suffering many troubles, but you continue with
strength and faith. 5That is proof that God is right in his
judgment. God wants you to be worthy of his kingdom.
Your suffering is for that kingdom. 6God
will do what is right. He will give trouble to those
people who trouble you. 7And God will
give peace to you people who are troubled. And he
will give peace to us. God will give us this help
when the Lord Jesus is shown to us. Jesus will come
from heaven with his powerful angels. (ERV)
...so
that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God for your patience and faith in all your
persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;
5 which is a manifest token of the
righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be
counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye
also suffer: 6 if so be that it is
righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to
them that afflict you, 7 and to you that
are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the
Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power
in flaming fire... (ASV)
So
that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God for your patience and faith in all your
persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: 5Which
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: 6Seeing it
is a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you; 7And
to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord
Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels... (KJV)