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Selected Verse: 2 Thessalonians 1:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Th 1:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Seeing [1512] it is a righteous thing [1342] with [3844] God [2316] to recompense [467] tribulation [2347] to them that trouble [2346] you [5209]; |
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King James |
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
seeing it is a righteous thing--This justifies the assertion above of there being a "righteous judgment" (Th2 1:5), namely, "seeing that it is (literally, 'if at least,' 'if at all events it is') a righteous thing with (that is, in the estimation of) God" (which, as we all feel, it certainly is). Our own innate feeling of what is just, in this confirms what is revealed.
recompense--requite in kind, namely, tribulation to them that trouble you (affliction to those that afflict you); and to you who are troubled, rest from trouble. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 persecute you. It is not right that they should go unpunished, and triumph forever. It is not an arbitrary thing, a thing which is indifferent, a thing which may or may not be done; it is a just and proper thing that the wicked should be punished." The doctrine is, that the future punishment of the wicked is just and proper; and that, being just and proper, it will be inflicted. Many suppose that there would be no justice in the eternal punishment of the wicked; that the threatening of that punishment is wholly arbitrary; that it might easily be dispensed with, and that because it is unjust it will not be inflicted, and need not be dreaded. But that it is just and proper, a very slight degree of reflection must show. Because:
(1) it is inconceivable that God should threaten such punishment unless it were just. How can it be reconciled with his perfections that he can hold up before mankind the assurance that any of them will be punished forever, unless it be right that it should be so? Can we believe that he deliberately threatens what is wrong, or that, in the face of the universe, he publicly declares his intention to do what is wrong?
(2) people themselves believe that it is just that the wicked should be punished. They are constantly making laws, and affixing penalties to them, and executing them, under the belief that it is right. Can they regard it as wrong in God to do the same thing? Can that be wrong in him which is right in themselves?
(3) if it is right to punish wickedness here, it is not wrong to punish it in the future world. There is nothing in the two places which can change the nature of what is done. If it is right for God to visit the sinner here with the tokens of his displeasure, there is nothing which can make it wrong to visit him in like manner in the future world. Why should that be wrong in another world which is right and proper in this?
(4) it will be a righteous thing for God to punish the wicked in a future state, for they are not always punished here as they deserve. No one can seriously maintain that there is an equal distribution of rewards and punishments on the earth. Many a man goes to the grave having received no adequate punishment for his crimes. Many a murderer, pirate, robber, traitor, and plunderer of nations under the name of a conqueror, thus dies. No one can doubt that it would be a just thing to punish them here if they could be arrested. Why should it be any the less "just" to punish them when they enter another world? In like manner, many a man lives a life of profligacy; or is an open scoffer; or aims to cast off the government of God; or is a seducer of innocence; and yet lives in the midst of wealth, and goes down in calmness and peace to the grave; Psa 73:3-5; Job 21:23-33. Why is it not just that such an one should be punished in the future world? compare Psa 73:16-20. But, if it is right that God should punish the wicked in the future world, it will be done. Because:
(1) There is nothing to hinder him from doing it. He has all power, and has all necessary means of inflicting punishment, entirely at his disposal.
(2) it would not be right not to do it. It is not right for a magistrate to treat the righteous and the wicked alike, or to show that he has as much regard to the one as to the other.
(3) it cannot be believed that God has uttered a threatening which he never meant to execute, or to appear before the universe as having held up before men the terror of the most awful punishment which could be inflicted, but which he never intended to carry into effect. Who could have confidence in such a Being? Who could know what to believe when he makes the most solemn declaration?
(4) the Judge of all the earth "will do right;" and if it is right to declare that "the wicked shall be turned into hell," it will not be wrong to inflict the sentence. And if, on the whole, it is right that the sinner should be punished, it will be done.
Them that trouble you. - Those who persecute you; see Th1 2:14. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Seeing it is (εἴπερ)
More literally, if so be that. Confirming, in a hypothetical form, the assertion of God's judgment upon persecutors, Th2 1:5. It implies no doubt, but rhetorically puts a recognized fact as a supposition. So Rom 3:30; Rom 8:9, Rom 8:17; Co1 8:5. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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 number (some say thirty thousand) of them were slain. St. Paul seems to allude to this beginning of sorrows, Th1 2:16, which did not end but with their destruction. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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 followers. They, therefore, who have given you tribulation, shall have tribulation in recompense. |
5 Which is a manifest token [1730] of the righteous [1342] judgment [2920] of God [2316], that [1519] ye [5209] may be counted worthy [2661] of the kingdom [932] of God [2316], for [5228] which [3739] ye [3958] also [2532] suffer [3958]:
14 For [1063] ye [5210], brethren [80], became [1096] followers [3402] of the churches [1577] of God [2316] which [3588] in [1722] Judaea [2449] are [5607] in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424]: for [3754] ye [5210] also [2532] have suffered [3958] like things [5024] of [5259] your own [2398] countrymen [4853], even [2532] as [2531] they have [846] of [5259] the Jews [2453]:
16 When I thought [02803] to know [03045] this, it was too painful [05999] for me [05869];
17 Until I went [0935] into the sanctuary [04720] of God [0410]; then understood [0995] I their end [0319].
18 Surely thou didst set [07896] them in slippery places [02513]: thou castedst them down [05307] into destruction [04876].
19 How are they brought into desolation [08047], as in a moment [07281]! they are utterly [05486] consumed [08552] with terrors [01091].
20 As a dream [02472] when one awaketh [06974]; so, O Lord [0136], when thou awakest [05782], thou shalt despise [0959] their image [06754].
23 One dieth [04191] in his full [08537] strength [06106], being wholly at ease [07946] and quiet [07961].
24 His breasts [05845] are full [04390] of milk [02461], and his bones [06106] are moistened [08248] with marrow [04221].
25 And another dieth [04191] in the bitterness [04751] of his soul [05315], and never eateth [0398] with pleasure [02896].
26 They shall lie down [07901] alike [03162] in the dust [06083], and the worms [07415] shall cover [03680] them.
27 Behold, I know [03045] your thoughts [04284], and the devices [04209] which ye wrongfully imagine [02554] against me.
28 For ye say [0559], Where is the house [01004] of the prince [05081]? and where are the dwelling [04908] places [0168] of the wicked [07563]?
29 Have ye not asked [07592] them that go [05674] by the way [01870]? and do ye not know [05234] their tokens [0226],
30 That the wicked [07451] is reserved [02820] to the day [03117] of destruction [0343]? they shall be brought forth [02986] to the day [03117] of wrath [05678].
31 Who shall declare [05046] his way [01870] to his face [06440]? and who shall repay [07999] him what he hath done [06213]?
32 Yet shall he be brought [02986] to the grave [06913], and shall remain [08245] in the tomb [01430].
33 The clods [07263] of the valley [05158] shall be sweet [04985] unto him, and every man [0120] shall draw [04900] after [0310] him, as there are innumerable [04557] before [06440] him.
3 For I was envious [07065] at the foolish [01984], when I saw [07200] the prosperity [07965] of the wicked [07563].
4 For there are no bands [02784] in their death [04194]: but their strength [0193] is firm [01277].
5 They are not in trouble [05999] as other men [0582]; neither are they plagued [05060] like [05973] other men [0120].
5 For [1063] though [1512] [2532] there be [1526] that are called [3004] gods [2316], whether [1535] in [1722] heaven [3772] or [1535] in [1909] earth [1093], (as [5618] there be [1526] gods [2316] many [4183], and [2532] lords [2962] many [4183],)
17 And [1161] if [1487] children [5043], then [2532] heirs [2818]; heirs [2818] of God [3303] [2316], and [1161] joint-heirs [4789] with Christ [5547]; if so be [1512] that we suffer with [4841] him, that [2443] we may be [4888] also [2532] glorified together [4888].
9 But [1161] ye [5210] are [2075] not [3756] in [1722] the flesh [4561], but [235] in [1722] the Spirit [4151], if so be [1512] that the Spirit [4151] of God [2316] dwell [3611] in [1722] you [5213]. Now [1161] if any man [1536] have [2192] not [3756] the Spirit [4151] of Christ [5547], he [3778] is [2076] none [3756] of his [846].
30 Seeing [1897] it is one [1520] God [2316], which [3739] shall justify [1344] the circumcision [4061] by [1537] faith [4102], and [2532] uncircumcision [203] through [1223] faith [4102].
5 Which is a manifest token [1730] of the righteous [1342] judgment [2920] of God [2316], that [1519] ye [5209] may be counted worthy [2661] of the kingdom [932] of God [2316], for [5228] which [3739] ye [3958] also [2532] suffer [3958]:
16 Forbidding [2967] us [2248] to speak [2980] to the Gentiles [1484] that [2443] they might be saved [4982], to [1519] fill up [378] their [846] sins [266] alway [3842]: for [1161] the wrath [3709] is come [5348] upon [1909] them [846] to [1519] the uttermost [5056].