Passage

Affliction and relief

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

⁶For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

2 Thessalonians 1:6World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The letter addresses readers suffering for God’s kingdom.

It describes God repaying their afflicters and giving the afflicted relief when Jesus is revealed from heaven.

When does the letter place the promised relief?