2 Thessalonians 1

GREETING

1Paul, Silvanus,^a and Timothy:^b

To the church of the Thessalonians^c in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

GOD’S JUDGMENT AND GLORY

³We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love^d each one of you has for one another^e is increasing.^{f 4}Therefore, we ourselves boast^g about you among God’s churches—about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring. ⁵It is clear evidence of God’s righteous^h judgmentⁱ that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,^{j 6}since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you ⁷and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels, ⁸when he takes vengeance with flaming fire^k on those who don’t know God^l and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.^{m 9}They will pay the penalty of eternal destructionⁿ from the Lord’s presence^o and from his glorious strength^{p 10}on that day when he comes^q to be glorified^r by his saints^s and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. ¹¹In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling,^t and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good^B and your work produced by faith,^{u 12}so that the name^v of our Lord Jesus will be glorified^w by you, and you by him,^x according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.