Greeting
1 Paul, Silvanus,and Timothy:
To the church of the Thessaloniansin God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s Judgment and Glory
3 We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the loveeach one of you has for one anotheris increasing.
4 Therefore, we ourselves boastabout you among God’s churches — about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure.
5 It is a clear evidence of God’s righteousjudgmentthat you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,
6 since it is righteous for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you
7 and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,
8 taking vengeance with flaming fireon those who don’t know Godand on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destructionfrom the Lord’s presenceand from His glorious strength
10 in that day when He comesto be glorifiedby His saintsand to be admired by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
11 And in view of this, we always pray for you that our God will consider you worthy of His calling,and will, by His power, fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith,
12 so that the nameof our Lord Jesus will be glorifiedby you, and you by Him,according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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