King James Version
2 Thessalonians 1:6 in the King James Version says “Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;” — study this verse from 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;”
2 Thessalonians 1:6 · KJV
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:
Which 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:
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, his: Gr. the angels of his power
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: taking: or, yielding
KJV Study — Public Domain
“it is a righteous thing”
G1342equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
“with”
G3844properly, near; i.e., (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subj
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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