Greeting
1 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving
3 2We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
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Therefore
3we ourselves boast about you
4in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith
5in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
The Judgment at Christ's Coming
5 This is
6evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be
7considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering--
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since indeed God considers it
8just
9to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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and to grant
10relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when
11the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven
12with his mighty angels
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13in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those
14who do not know God and on those who
15do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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They will suffer the punishment of
16eternal destruction,
17away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
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18when he comes on
19that day
20to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our
21testimony to you
22was believed.
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To this end we
23always pray for you, that our God may
24make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every
25work of faith by his power,
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so that the name of our Lord Jesus
26may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.