2 Thessalonians 1:4-6

Tree of Life Version

⁴ Therefore, we ourselves boast of you among the communities of God—about your perseverance and faithfulness through all the persecutions and troubles that you endure. ⁵ This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering.

(⁶ For after all, it is right in the sight of God to pay back trouble to those who trouble you,