If so be that it is a righteous thing with God (ειπερ δικαιον παρα θεω). Condition of first class, determined as fulfilled, assume…

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…

Seeing it is — Literally, if it is indeed fair. This is a form of speech common to Paul, used when he argues from a fact …

As it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; so that we our…

On the other hand, those responsible for troubling Christians will be repaid proportionately for the suffering they have caused. This is only “just…

To appoint affliction. We have already stated why he mentions God's vengeance against the wicked: it is so that we may learn to rest in th…

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God
That which is righteous in itself, is righteous in the sight of God, but it …

Religion, if worth anything, is worth everything; and those who have no religion, or none worth having, or do not know how to value it, cannot find…

1. Previously, the Apostle spoke of how believers are well prepared for the coming judgment; here, he speaks about the form of that judgment…