2 Thessalonians 1

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Greetings to the Thessalonians

¹Paul, Silvanus,^a and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

¹Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

²Grace and peace to you from God our Father^a and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³We are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.

³We ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is worthy, because your faith is growing exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all to one another is increasing,

⁴That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

⁴so as for us ourselves to boast in you in the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and in the tribulations that you are bearing,

Christ’s Coming

⁵All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

⁵a plain token of the righteous judgment of God, for you to be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer.

⁶After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

⁶For indeed it is righteous with God to repay those oppressing you with tribulation,

⁷and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

⁷and to you being oppressed, relief with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power

⁸in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

⁸in a fire of flame, giving vengeance on those not knowing God and on those not obeying the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

⁹They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

⁹who will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

¹⁰on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony.

¹⁰when He shall come to be glorified in His saints and to be marveled at among all those having believed—because our testimony to you was believed—in that day.

¹¹To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,

¹¹For this also we pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling and may fulfill every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith in power,

¹²so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.^a

¹²so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.