2 THESSALONIANS 1:5 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering — the persecution itself is a sign (endeigma) of God's righteous judgment (dikaiosynē tou theou); tribulation is cosmic vindication. Worthy suffering (axios) anticipates eschatological reward.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 1:5
See how he gathers comfort for them. He had said, We give thanks to God, he had said, We glory among men: these things indeed are honorable. But that which he most seeks for, who is in suffering, is, deliverance from evils, and vengeance upon those who are evil entreating them. For when the soul is weak, it most seeks for these things, for the philosophic soul does not even seek these things. Why then does he say, “a token of the righteous Judgment of God”? Here he has…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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