Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 Sha'ul, Sila, and Timothy, To the assembly of the Thessalonians in God, our Father, and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah:
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I, Paul, together with Silas and Timothy, greet the church of the Thessalonian Christians in the name of God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ.
2 Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
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Our God gives you everything you need, makes you everything you're to be.
3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
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You need to know, friends, that thanking God over and over for you is not only a pleasure; it's a must. We have to do it. Your faith is growing phenomenally; your love for each other is developing wonderfully. Why, it's only right that we give thanks.
4 so 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.
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We're so proud of you; you're so steady and determined in your faith despite all the hard times that have come down on you. We tell everyone we meet in the churches all about you.
5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.
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All this trouble is a clear sign that God has decided to make you fit for the kingdom. You're suffering now,
6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
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but justice is on the way. When the Master Jesus appears out of heaven in a blaze of fire with his strong angels, he'll even up the score by settling accounts with those who gave you such a bad time.
7 and to give relief to you that are afflicted with us, when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
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His coming will be the break we've been waiting for.
8 giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Good News of our Lord Yeshua,
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Those who refuse to know God and refuse to obey the Message will pay for what they've done.
9 who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
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Eternal exile from the presence of the Master and his splendid power is their sentence.
10 when he comes to be glorified in his holy ones, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
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But on that very same day when he comes, he will be exalted by his followers and celebrated by all who believe - and all because you believed what we told you.
11 To 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;
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Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time - pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something.
12 that the name of our Lord Yeshua may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
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If your life honors the name of Jesus, he will honor you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely.
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