2Thess 1
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Paul, 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.
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We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, [and ]rightfully
so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases
towards one another,
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so that we ourselves are boasting in you among the churches of God about your patience
and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
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[which is] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be counted worthy
of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which you also suffer;
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since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with affliction those who afflict
you,
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and to give you who are being afflicted rest along with us at the revelation of the
Lord Jesus from heaven with His mighty angels,
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in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who
do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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These shall pay a penalty-eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His might,
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whenever He comes, in that Day, to be glorified among His saints and to be marveled
among all those having believed, because our testimony among you was believed.
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Therefore we also pray always concerning you that our God may count you worthy of
[this] calling, and may fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work
of faith with power,
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in order that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in
Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.