2nd Thessalonians Chapter 1 verse 6 Holy Bible
if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,
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For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
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if at least [it is a] righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
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since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Seeing it is; or rather, if indeed it is; if so be that it is (R.V.). A hypothetical sentence, not, however, introducing an uncertain or conditional fact, but an emphatic assertion - what is felt by all to be true. A righteous thing with God. Not only will the justice of God be displayed in the rewards of the righteous, in counting them worthy of the kingdom of God for which they suffer, but it will also be displayed in the punishments to be inflicted on their persecutors. To recompense tribulation to them that trouble you. We have here an example of one of the most common defects of our English Version in rendering cognate words by different terms, and thus creating needless perplexities and giving rise to erroneous interpretations; the words "tribulation" and "trouble" are cognate, and hence the verse ought to be rendered as in the R.V., "If so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Seeing it is.--Literally, if so be it is fair: a form very common in St. Paul, when he wishes to argue from some fact which he knows his readers will recognise (e.g., Romans 8:9). "Your persecution is a clear indication what God's fair verdict will be--that He will pronounce you fit--unless indeed you deny (as you will not) that it is fair to recompense the persecutors with tribulation and the persecuted with rest." The context shows that St. Paul does not mean that all suffering deserves a requital with bliss, but he does put it as a matter of common fairness that when men have suffered for the kingdom's sake God should so reward them hereafter.With God.--Such a system of requital commends itself as fair to men: is it likely to seem less fair in the eyes of God? Holy Scripture always sets forth the power of the human conscience to recognise God's principles of action: whatever is righteous for men is so for God, and vice versa.
