^{4 Ref} so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

^{5 Ref} a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

^{6 Ref} since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,