2 Tesalonika 1:4-5

1:4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

Encouragement in Persecution

1:5 This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy ¹  of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.

2 Tesalonika 1:11-12

1:11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling ²  and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith, 1:12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to ³  the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

[1:5]  ¹ tn Grk “so that you may be made worthy.” The passive infinitive καταξιωθῆναι (kataxiwqhnai) has been translated as an active construction in English for stylistic reasons.

[1:11]  ² tn Or “your calling.”

[1:12]  ³ tn Or “by means of.”