^{4 Ref} so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

^{5 Ref} This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

^{6 Ref} Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

^{7 Ref} and to give relief to you that are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

^{8 Ref} giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus,