4 That's why we boast about you to all God's churches. We tell them how patient you are and how you keep on having faith, even though you are going through a lot of trouble and suffering.
5 All this shows that God judges fairly and that he is making you fit to share in his kingdom for which you are suffering.
6 It is only right for God to punish everyone who is causing you trouble,
7 but he will give you relief from your troubles. He will do the same for us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with his powerful angels
8 and with a flaming fire.Our Lord Jesus will punish anyone who doesn't know God and won't obey his message.
9 Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.
10 This will happen on that day when the Lord returns to be praised and honoured by all who have faith in him and belong to him. This includes you, because you believed what we said.