2 Thessalonians 1:6-7 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;… No one will easily believe how anxiously, for a long time, I have wished to retire from these labours into a scene of tranquility, and, for the rest of my life (dwindled, it is true, to the shortest span) to converse only with Him who once cried, "Come unto Me all ye that labour," etc. In this turbulent and raging world, amid so many cares, which the state of the times heaps upon me in public, or which declining years and infirmity cause me in private, nothing do I find on which my mind can more comfortably repose than on secret communion with God. (Erasmus.) Parallel Verses KJV: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;WEB: Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, |
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