2 Thessalonians 1:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; ”

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; (3) A proof: God is just, and therefore he will worthily punish the unjust, and will do away the mis...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Introductory. Thanksgiving for the past and prayer for the future. Paul thanks God for the growing love of the Thessalonian Christians and their loyalty under persecution, and prays that they may be...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Seeing . If so be. Greek. eiper . with . App-104. trouble . Greek. thlibo , afflict. The noun in 2 Thessalonians 1:7 .
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 To appoint affliction. We have already stated why it is that he makes mention of the vengeance of God against the wicked — that we may learn to rest in the expectation of a judgment to come...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2210 THE STATE OF THE THESSALONIAN CHURCH 2 Thessalonians 1:3-7 . We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and t...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Seeing it is a righteous thing - Though God neither rewards nor punishes in this life in a general way, y...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God, &c.— His justice is equally concerned to afflict those in their turns who have afflicted you; 2 Thessalonians 1:7 and to grant to you who have been...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Seeing (that) it is a righteous thing - justifying the assertion that there is a "righteous judgmen...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Salutations. The Second Advent 1-4. Greeting and thanksgiving for their constant faith and love and patience under persecution: cp. 1 Thessalonians 1:3 . 5-C. 2 Thessalonians 2:17 . The Comin...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seeing it is. — Literally, if so be it is fair: a form very common in St. Paul, when he wishes to argue from some fact which he knows his readers will recognise ( e.g., Romans 8:9 ). “Your pers...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 SUFFERING AND GLORY 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12 (R.V.) IN the preceding verses of this chapter, as in the opening of the First Epistle, the Apostle has spoken of the afflictions of the T...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Faithful through Faith in a Righteous God 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 Notice the remarkable couplets of this chapter. Grace and peace, 2 Thessalonians 1:2 ; faith and love, 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ; f...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Evidently, this letter was intended primarily to correct certain mistakes which the Thessalonians were making concerning the Second Advent. They were failing to distinguish between the two phases, th...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of you all toward each other aboundeth; (4) So that we...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 shou...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; Ver. 6. To recompense tribulation ] To trouble these troublers of Israel, and that throughout all ete...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seeing it is a righteous thing However men may judge of it; with God To whom belongeth vengeance , ( Romans 12:19 ,) and who will avenge his elect that cry unto him day and night; to recompense...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

(V. 1) Again, the same brotherly character of address is used as in the first epistle. The threatened dangers to the Thessalonians did not change this, except in the use of the more gentle expression...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prospect of Persecuted Saints. A. D. 52. 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judg...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By these words the apostle doth illustrate his argument for a judgment to come, taken from the persecutions and tribulations of the saints. It is of necessity that God should be righteous, and recomp...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God, for your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure, a manifest token of the righteous jud...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 2 Thessalonians 1:5 . Which is a manifest token —“An indication .” The steadfast and resolute continuance in the profession and adornment of the Christian faith,...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:1-7 I. This Epistle opens with the mention of the same Apostolic group as does the first. Paul was not alone: Silvanus and Timotheus were still with him in closest fellowship of...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:1-2 . Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the L...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:1 . Paul, and Silvanus, [the Roman name of Silas] and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians, in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscription is the same as...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed The two troubles and th...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION CONTENTS .—Paul, after the address and salutation, commences this Epistle by rendering thanks to God for the welcome intelligence he had received of the increase of the faith and lov...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession. A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of afflictions:
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:41-43 ; Isaiah 49:26 ; Psalms 74:22 ; Psalms 74:23 ; Psalms 79:10-12 ; Psalms 94:20-23 ; Revelation 11:18 ; Revelation 15:4 ; Revelation 16:5 ; Revelation 16:6 ; Revelation...
2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

It is a righteous thing with God — (However men may judge) to transfer the pressure from you to them. And it is remarkable that about this time, at the passover, the Jews raising a tumult, a great...

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes