Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians
1
1 Paul,
Silvanus, and
Timothy, to the
assembly of the
Thessalonians in
God our Father
and the Lord
Jesus Christ:
2 Grace
to you and
peace from God
our Father and
the Lord Jesus
Christ.
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 toward
one another abounds,
4 so
that we ourselves
boast about you
in the assemblies
of God for
your perseverance
and faith in
all your
persecutions and
in the afflictions
which you endure.
5 This
is an obvious sign
of the righteous
judgment of God,
to the end
that you may
be counted worthy
of God’s Kingdom,
for which you
also suffer.
6 For
it is a
righteous thing
with God to repay
affliction to
those who afflict
you,
7 and
to give relief to
you who are
afflicted with us
when the Lord
Jesus is revealed
from heaven with
his mighty angels
in flaming fire,
8 punishing
those who don’t
know God, and
to those who don’t
obey the Good
News of our
Lord Jesus,
9 who
will pay the
penalty: eternal destruction
from the face
of the Lord
and from the
glory of his
might,
10 when
he comes in
that day to
be glorified in
his saints and to
be admired among
all those who
have believed,
because our
testimony to you
was believed.
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,
12 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.