2 Thessalonians 1:1-12.
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12 (GNT)
1From Paul, Silas, and Timothy—
To the people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2May God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ give you grace and peace. 3Our friends, we must thank God at all
times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing
so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.
4That is why we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God. We boast
about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the
persecutions and sufferings you are experiencing. 5All of this proves that
God's judgment is just and as a result you will become worthy of his
Kingdom, for which you are suffering. 6God will do what is right: he will
bring suffering on those who make you suffer, 7and he will give relief to
you who suffer and to us as well. He will do this when the Lord Jesus
appears from heaven with his mighty angels, 8with a flaming fire, to
punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our
Lord Jesus. 9They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,
separated from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious might,
10when he comes on that Day to receive glory from all his people and honor
from all who believe. You too will be among them, because you have believed
the message that we told you. 11That is why we always pray for you. We ask
our God to make you worthy of the life he has called you to live. May he
fulfill by his power all your desire for goodness and complete your work
of faith. 12In this way the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory from
you, and you from him, by the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
God bless you.
1From Paul, Silas, and Timothy—
To the people of the church in Thessalonica, who belong to God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2May God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ give you grace and peace. 3Our friends, we must thank God at all
times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing
so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.
4That is why we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God. We boast
about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the
persecutions and sufferings you are experiencing. 5All of this proves that
God's judgment is just and as a result you will become worthy of his
Kingdom, for which you are suffering. 6God will do what is right: he will
bring suffering on those who make you suffer, 7and he will give relief to
you who suffer and to us as well. He will do this when the Lord Jesus
appears from heaven with his mighty angels, 8with a flaming fire, to
punish those who reject God and who do not obey the Good News about our
Lord Jesus. 9They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,
separated from the presence of the Lord and from his glorious might,
10when he comes on that Day to receive glory from all his people and honor
from all who believe. You too will be among them, because you have believed
the message that we told you. 11That is why we always pray for you. We ask
our God to make you worthy of the life he has called you to live. May he
fulfill by his power all your desire for goodness and complete your work
of faith. 12In this way the name of our Lord Jesus will receive glory from
you, and you from him, by the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
God bless you.
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