With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed – and you did in fact believe our testimony.

and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.

As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.