⁵ which is ^(A)manifest^[a] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, ^(B)for which you also suffer;

²⁸ and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but ^[a]to you of salvation, and that from God.

²² strengthening the souls of the disciples, ^(A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, ^(B)“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

² For ^(A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He ^(B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”

³⁵ But those who are ^(A)counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

¹¹ Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would ^(A)count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and ^(B)the work of faith with power,

¹⁷ and if children, then ^(A)heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, ^(B)if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

⁷ And I heard ^[a]another from the altar saying, “Even so, ^(A)Lord God Almighty, ^(B)true and righteous are Your judgments.”