and not terrified in anything by those opposing, which to them indeed is a token of destruction, and to you of salvation, and that from God;

that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

for even when we were with you, we said to you beforehand, that we are about to suffer tribulation, as also it did come to pass, and ye have known [it];

a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,