2 Thessalonians 1:1
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;... [ Continue Reading ]
Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. [For a similar salutation, see 1 Thessalonians 1:1]... [ Continue Reading ]
We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet [just], _for that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all toward one another aboundeth_ [Paul acknowledged himself obliged to give thanks because his prayer at 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 had been... [ Continue Reading ]
so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure [The faith and love of the Thessalonians were such that, spontaneously, of their own accord, Paul and his companions delighted to tell of it to the chu... [ Continue Reading ]
which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer :... [ Continue Reading ]
if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,... [ Continue Reading ]
and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,... [ Continue Reading ]
rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus [The patience and faith of the Thessalonians were a manifest token (i. e., pledge, proof or demonstration) of that coming day wherein God will disclose the righteousness of his judgments, and wherei... [ Continue Reading ]
who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,... [ Continue Reading ]
when he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be marvelled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) _in that day_. [In that day when Jesus comes to be glorified, those who refuse to know God, and those who disobey the gospel, shall receive a punishment wh... [ Continue Reading ]
To which end [i. e., with a view to this glorious consummation; viz.: of being glorified in Christ] _we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power_;... [ Continue Reading ]
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. [Paul prays that the Thessalonians may be counted worthy of the gospel invitation, so that they may receive, according to the fullness of God's limitless power, all th... [ Continue Reading ]