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2 Thessalonians 1

2 Thess. 1:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Seeing
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ei (Greek #1512)
if perhaps
KJV usage: if so be (that), seeing, though.
Pronounce: i per
Origin: from 1487 and 4007
m it is a righteous thing
dikaios (Greek #1342)
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
KJV usage: just, meet, right(-eous).
Pronounce: dik'-ah-yos
Origin: from 1349
with
para (Greek #3844)
properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local (especially beyond or opposed to) or causal (on account of)
KJV usage: above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give (such things as they), + that (she) had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side...by, in the sight of, than, (there-)fore, with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
Pronounce: par-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition
God
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
to recompense
antapodidomi (Greek #467)
to requite (good or evil)
KJV usage: recompense, render, repay.
Pronounce: an-tap-od-ee'-do-mee
Origin: from 473 and 591
tribulation
thlipsis (Greek #2347)
pressure (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: thlip'-sis
Origin: from 2346
to them that trouble
thlibo (Greek #2346)
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
Pronounce: thlee'-bo
Origin: akin to the base of 5147
you
humas (Greek #5209)
you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
KJV usage: ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).
Pronounce: hoo-mas'
Origin: accusative case of 5210
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Heb. 6:10• 10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye have shewn to his name, having ministered to the saints, and still ministering. (Heb. 6:10)

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Righteousness,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Deut. 32:41‑43• 41If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
 42Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy.
 43Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people. (Deut. 32:41‑43)
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Psa. 74:22‑23• 22Rise up, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee all the day;
 23Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: the tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually. (Psa. 74:22‑23)
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Psa. 79:10‑12• 10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants that is shed be known among the nations in our sight.
 11Let the groaning of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thine arm, preserve those that are appointed to die;
 12And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psa. 79:10‑12)
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Psa. 94:20‑23• 20Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?
 21They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
 22But Jehovah will be my high tower; and my God the rock of my refuge.
 23And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off. (Psa. 94:20‑23)
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Isa. 49:26• 26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with new wine. And all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (Isa. 49:26)
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Zech. 2:8• 8For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After the glory, hath he sent me unto the nations that made you a spoil; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. (Zech. 2:8)
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Rev. 6:10• 10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth? (Rev. 6:10)
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Rev. 11:18• 18And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth. (Rev. 11:18)
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Rev. 15:4• 4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest. (Rev. 15:4)
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Rev. 16:5‑6• 5And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Thou art righteous, who art and wast, the holy one, that thou hast judged so;
 6for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy. (Rev. 16:5‑6)
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Rev. 18:20,24• 20Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.
 24And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all the slain upon the earth. (Rev. 18:20,24)
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Rev. 19:2• 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great harlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his bondmen at her hand. (Rev. 19:2)
• But the righteous judgment of God is unshaken, and faith rests on it without wavering, but with a solemn sense of what is at hand for violence no less than corruption (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)
• The “day of the Lord” was the coming of the Lord in judgment; but it was not to make His own suffer that He was coming—it was to punish the wicked. (“2 Thessalonians 1” by J.N. Darby)
• When God should take the thing in hand, He would recompense tribulation to those who troubled His children, and these should have rest—should be in peace. The moment of their entering into this rest is not at all the subject here, but the contrast between their actual condition and that which it would be if Jesus were come. (“2 Thessalonians 1” by J.N. Darby)
• The unbeliever is hardened at the sight of the just man perishing in his righteousness, and of a wicked man prolonging his life in his wickedness. The believer awaits the kingdom of God and suffers for its sake. (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)
• The Apostle would have the saints bright in their severest troubles, joyfully anticipating the day of requital when the sufferings of the saints shall be swallowed up in the glorious rest of the saints, the rest of God we may add, while their troublers become the objects of His unsparing judgment. (“On 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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if at leasta it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

JND Translation Notes

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This refers back to ver. 5.

W. Kelly Translation

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if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to those who trouble you,