3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that ^lwe are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^mjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

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—