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We proudly tell God's other churches about your endurance and faithfulness in all the persecutions and hardships you are suffering.
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But God will use this persecution to show his justice. For he will make you worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering,
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and in his justice he will punish those who persecute you.
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And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
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in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
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They will be punished with everlasting destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power
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when he comes to receive glory and praise from his holy people. And you will be among those praising him on that day, for you believed what we testified about him.
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation - The Bible Online)
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