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If so be that it is a righteous thing with God (eiper dikaion para theōi). Condition of first class, determined as fulfilled, assumed as true, but with eiper (if on the whole, provided that) as in Rom 8:9, Rom 8:17, and with no copula expressed. A righteous thing “with God” means by the side of God (para theōi) and so from God’s standpoint. This is as near to the idea of absolute right as it is possible to attain. Note the phrase in 2Th 1:5.
To recompense affliction to them that afflict you (antapodounai tois thlibousin hēmās thlipsin). Second aorist active infinitive of double compound anṫapodidōmi, old verb, either in good sense as in 1Th 3:9 or in bad sense as here. Paul is certain of this principle, though he puts it conditionally.