⁵ Therefore ^(A)do not pronounce judgment before the time, ^(B)before the Lord comes, ^(C)who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. ^(D)Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

⁷ It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(B)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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— ⁶ since indeed God considers it ^(C)just ^(D)to repay with affliction those who afflict you, ⁷ and to grant ^(E)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when ^(F)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ^(G)with his mighty angels ^8 (H)in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ^(I)who do not know God and on those who ^(J)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will suffer the punishment of ^(K)eternal destruction, ^(L)away from^[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ^10 (M)when he comes on ^(N)that day ^(O)to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our ^(P)testimony to you ^(Q)was believed.