^{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,

^{9 Ref} who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

^{10 Ref} when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.