^5 (A)Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to ^(B)light the hidden things of darkness and ^(C)reveal the ^[a]counsels of the hearts. ^(D)Then each one’s praise will come from God.

^7 (B)If^[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what ^(C)son is there whom a father does not chasten?

^15 (A)Therefore let the Lord be judge, and judge between you and me, and ^(B)see and ^(C)plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand.”

⁸ Finally, there is laid up for me ^(A)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous ^(B)Judge, will give to me ^(C)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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; ^6 (C)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with ^[b]tribulation those who trouble you, ⁷ and to give you who are troubled ^(D)rest with us when ^(E)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, ⁸ in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. ^9 (F)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and ^(G)from the glory of His power, ¹⁰ when He comes, in that Day, ^(H)to be ^(I)glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who ^[c]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

^20 (A)“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you ^[a]holy apostles and prophets, for ^(B)God has avenged you on her!”