2 Thessalonians 1:6

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Since it is just for God to repay those who trouble you with affliction,

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  • Rev 6:10 : 10 They cried out with a loud voice, 'How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until You judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?'
  • Deut 32:41-43 : 41 when I sharpen My flashing sword and My hand takes hold of judgment, I will bring vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders. 43 Rejoice, you nations, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants; He will take vengeance on His enemies and make atonement for His land and people.
  • Ps 74:22-23 : 22 Arise, O God, and defend Your cause; remember how fools insult You all day long. 23 Do not forget the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of those who rise against You, which continually ascends.
  • Ps 79:10-12 : 10 Why should the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let it be known among the nations before our eyes that You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants. 11 Let the groans of the prisoners come before You; in accordance with the greatness of Your arm, preserve those condemned to die. 12 Repay our neighbors sevenfold into their own laps the scorn they have hurled at You, Lord.
  • Ps 94:20-23 : 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law? 21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood. 22 But the LORD has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge. 23 He will repay them for their iniquity and destroy them for their evil; the LORD our God will annihilate them.
  • Isa 49:26 : 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they will be drunk on their own blood as with new wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.'
  • Col 3:25 : 25 But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.
  • Rev 11:18 : 18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, the saints, and those who fear Your name, both small and great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 "Who will not fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
  • Rev 16:5-6 : 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.' 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her!
  • Rev 18:24 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her.
  • Exod 23:22 : 22 If you listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and oppose those who oppose you.

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    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

    5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • 2 Thess 1:7-8
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    7and to give relief to you who are troubled, along with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels.

    8In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    6In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

  • Rom 2:5-6
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    5But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

    6He will repay each person according to their deeds.

  • 1 Pet 3:13-14
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    13Who then will harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

    14But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be intimidated.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    19For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God.

    20What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God.

  • Rom 12:19
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    19Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.

  • Rom 2:8-9
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    8But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth and obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and anger.

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    6And we are ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

  • 1 Pet 5:9-10
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    9Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.

    10But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.

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    4who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

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    6The punishment imposed by the majority is sufficient for such a person.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.

  • 1 Pet 4:12-13
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    12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

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    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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    12Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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    10I am confident in the Lord that you will think no other way. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the message in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

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    5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.)

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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

  • Col 3:25
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    25But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.

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    9Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the contrary, give a blessing, because to this you were called, so that you may inherit a blessing.

  • Phil 1:29
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    29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

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    3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insults and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

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    3So that no one would be unsettled by these troubles. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

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    11See what earnestness this godly sorrow has produced in you! What eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what readiness to see justice done! At every point you have proved yourselves to be pure in this matter.

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    6They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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    12We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

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    14or to governors as those sent by him to punish evildoers and to praise those who do good.

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    8(For that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.)

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    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

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    17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.