^13 (A)This will be your opportunity to bear witness.

²⁸ and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is ^(A)a clear sign to them of their destruction, but ^(B)of your salvation, and that from God.

The Advance of the Gospel

¹² I want you to know, brothers,^[a] that what has happened to me has really ^(A)served to advance the gospel,

The Judgment at Christ's Coming

⁵ This is ^(A)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be ^(B)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—

³ that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that ^(A)we are destined for this. ⁴ For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^(B)just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.