2 Thessalonians 1:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Which is a clear sign of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:

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  • Phil 1:28 : 28 And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
  • Luke 20:35 : 35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
  • Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Therefore, we also pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Rom 8:17 : 17 And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
  • Col 1:12 : 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, who has made us qualified to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
  • 1 Thess 2:14 : 14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?
  • Ps 9:7-8 : 7 But the LORD shall endure forever; he has prepared his throne for judgment. 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.
  • Ps 33:5 : 5 He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God Himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 72:2 : 2 He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loves justice; you establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Ps 111:7 : 7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; all his commandments are sure.
  • Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
  • Heb 10:32-33 : 32 But call to remembrance the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings, 33 Partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated.
  • 1 Pet 4:14-18 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter. 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous are scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
  • Rev 3:4 : 4 You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, for Your judgments have been revealed.
  • Rev 16:7 : 7 And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

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