2 Thessalonians 1

Revealed from Heaven in Flaming Fire

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Greeting

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

1:2grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and the Coming Judgment

1:3We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of each and every one of you for one another is increasing,

1:4so that we ourselves boast of you among the Churches of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you bear.

1:5This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer,

1:6since it is indeed just with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,

1:7and to you who are afflicted, relief with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of His power,

1:8in a flame of fire, giving vengeance to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

1:9They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His strength,

1:10when He comes to be glorified in His saints and marveled at among all who have believed—because our testimony to you was believed—on that day.

Prayer for Worthiness

1:11To this end we also always pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling and fulfill every good resolve and work of faith with power,

1:12so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.

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