6if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
6if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
3 We are bound to give thanks to God always to you, brethren, even as it is meet, for that your faith growth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth;
4 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,
8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
1:6Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
1:6God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you
1:6if at least it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
1:6Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:
1:6if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
1:6Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
1:6since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you — trouble,
1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;