2 Thessalonians 1 — WEBC

1Verse 1Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:^{Verse 2}Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.^{Verse 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,^{Verse 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.^{Verse 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.^{Verse 6}For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,^{Verse 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,^{Verse 8}punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus,^{Verse 9}who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,^{Verse 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.^{Verse 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,^{Verse 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.