2 Thessalonians 1:7 (KJV)

Passage

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

Nearby Context

2 Thessalonians 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

2 Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

2 Thessalonians 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "troubled", "rest", "lord", "jesus", "shall", "revealed", "heaven", and "mighty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "troubled" and "rest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Seeing it is a righteous thing with..." into verse 8's "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them...", so "troubled" and "rest" belong inside that flow. In 2 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "troubled" and "rest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.