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Paul,andSilvanus,andTimotheus, unto the church of the ThessaloniansinGodourFatherand the LordJesusChrist:
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Grace unto you,andpeace,fromGodourFatherand the LordJesusChrist.
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We are bound to thankGodalwaysforyou,brethren,as it ismeet,because that yourfaith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of everyone of youalltoward each otheraboundeth;
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So that weourselvesgloryinyouin the churches of Godforyourpatienceandfaithinallyourpersecutionsandtribulationsthat ye endure:
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Which is a manifest token of the righteousjudgment of God,thatye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,forwhichyealsosuffer:
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Seeing it is a righteous thingwithGod to recompensetribulation to them that troubleyou;
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And to you who are troubledrestwithus,when the LordJesus shall be revealedfromheavenwithhis[a]mightyangels,
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Inflamingfiretaking[b]vengeance on them that knownotGod,and that obeynot the gospel of ourLordJesusChrist:
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Who shall be punished* with everlastingdestructionfrom the presence of the Lord,andfrom the glory of hispower;
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When he shall come to be glorifiedinhissaints,and to be admiredinall them that believe (because ourtestimonyamongyou was believed) inthatday.
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Wherefore*also we prayalwaysforyou,thatourGod would count[c]youworthy of this calling,andfulfilall the good pleasure of his goodness,and the work of faithwithpower:
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That the name of ourLordJesusChrist may be glorifiedinyou,andyeinhim, according to the grace of ourGodand the LordJesusChrist.