2 Thessalonians 1

Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹ Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: ²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ³We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, ^[a] even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds; ⁴so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure. ⁵This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer. ⁶Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, ⁷and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, ⁸giving vengeance to those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, ⁹who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, ¹⁰when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.

¹¹To this end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and work of faith, with power; ¹²that the name of our Lord Jesus ^[b] may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes:

[a] 2 Thessalonians 1:3 The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
[b] 2 Thessalonians 1:12 TR adds “Christ”

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