2 Thessalonians 1:1,2
V. 1. PAUL AND SILVANUS AND TIMOTHEUS, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD, OUR FATHER, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:... [ Continue Reading ]
V. 1. PAUL AND SILVANUS AND TIMOTHEUS, UNTO THE CHURCH OF THE THESSALONIANS IN GOD, OUR FATHER, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE UNTO YOU AND PEACE, FROM GOD, OUR FATHER, AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. This opening greeting agrees almost exactly with that of the first letter. Paul again names Silvanus and Timothy, not as coauthors, but as companions and fellow-laborers, with whose persons and work the Thessalonians were fam... [ Continue Reading ]
WE ARE BOUND TO THANK GOD ALWAYS FOR YOU, BRETHREN, AS IT IS MEET, BECAUSE THAT YOUR FAITH GROWETH EXCEEDINGLY, AND THE CHARITY OF EVERY ONE OF YOU ALL TOWARD EACH OTHER ABOUNDS,... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION. A prayer of thanksgiving for steadfastness in the midst of afflictions:... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT WE OURSELVES GLORY IN YOU IN THE CHURCHES OF GOD FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FAITH IN ALL YOUR PERSECUTIONS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT YE ENDURE;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH IS A MANIFEST TOKEN OF THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT YE MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, FOR WHICH YE ALSO SUFFER;... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING IT IS A RIGHTEOUS THING WITH GOD TO RECOMPENSE TRIBULATION TO THEM THAT TROUBLE YOU,... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED REST WITH US, WHEN THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED FROM HEAVEN WITH HIS MIGHTY ANGELS,... [ Continue Reading ]
IN FLAMING FIRE TAKING VENGEANCE ON THEM THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND THAT OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND FROM THE GLORY OF HIS POWER,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE SHALL COME TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS, AND TO BE ADMIRED IN ALL THEM THAT BELIEVE (BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY AMONG YOU WAS BELIEVED) IN THAT DAY. Luther summarizes the thoughts of this passage as follows: "In the first place, Paul here praises his church at Thessalonica, which was one of the... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE ALSO WE PRAY ALWAYS FOR YOU THAT OUR GOD WOULD COUNT YOU WORTHY OF THIS CALLING, AND FULFILL ALL THE GOOD PLEASURE OF HIS GOODNESS AND THE WORK OF FAITH WITH POWER;... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul's prayer of intercession:... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST MAY BE GLORIFIED IN YOU, AND YE IN HIM, ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF OUR GOD AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. The apostle never loses sight of the fact that his readers are still in the world, in the midst of the enmity and persecution of the world. He therefore adds hi... [ Continue Reading ]