14 For you, brothers, ^vbecame imitators of ^wthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^xyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,¹

4 Therefore we ourselves ^cboast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in ^dall your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

5 This is ^eevidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be ^fconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—