Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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Gill's Exposition
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God,.... That which is righteous in itself, is righteous in the sight of God, but it is not always so with men; men may think it a righteous thing that they should…
Barnes' Notes
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you - The sense is: “There will be a future judgment, because it is proper that God should punish those who now…
Adam Clarke
Seeing it is a righteous thing - Though God neither rewards nor punishes in this life in a general way, yet he often gives proofs of his displeasure, especially against those who persecute his…
Having mentioned their persecutions and tribulations, which they endured principally for the cause of Christ, the apostle proceeds to offer several things for their comfort under them; as,
I. He tells…
Cambridge Bible
seeingit is a righteousthing with God Lit., if verily (if, as all will admit) it is righteous with God.
The Apostle has just spoken (2Th 1:5) of "God's righteous judgement" as manifest in the…
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