1:5 This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy ¹  of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering. 1:6 For it is right ²  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 1:7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed ³  from heaven with his mighty angels. ⁴  1:8 With flaming fire he will mete out ⁵  punishment on those who do not know God ⁶  and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.