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1 From Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy:
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Paul, Silva'nus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalo'nians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 To the church of the Thessalonians, which is in God our Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ.Grace and peace to all of you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Brothers and sisters, we must always thank God for you. This is only right because your faithfulness is growing by leaps and bounds, and the love that all of you have for each other is increasing.
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We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
4 That's why we ourselves are bragging about you in God's churches. We tell about your endurance and faithfulness in all the harassments and trouble that you have put up with.
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Therefore we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you are enduring.
5 This shows that God's judgment is right, and that you will be considered worthy of God's kingdom for which you are suffering.
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This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be made worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering--
6 After all, it's right for God to pay back the ones making trouble for you with trouble
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since indeed God deems it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
7 and to pay back you who are having trouble with relief along with us. This payback will come when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his powerful angels.
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and to grant rest with us to you who are afflicted, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
8 He will give justice with blazing fire to those who don't recognize God and don't obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.
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inflicting vengeance upon those who do not know God and upon those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the Lord's presence and away from his mighty glory.
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They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
10 This will happen when he comes on that day to receive honor from his holy people and to be admired by everyone who has believed—and our testimony to you was believed.
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when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
11 We are constantly praying for you for this: that our God will make you worthy of his calling and accomplish every good desire and faithful work by his power.
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To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his call, and may fulfil every good resolve and work of faith by his power,
12 Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored by you, and you will be honored by him, consistent with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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