2Thessalonians:1:3-12

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* I ought always to thank God for you , brothers , as is fitting because of the abundant growth of your faith and of the overflowing love with which every one of you is filled toward one another . * So that I myself am boasting about you among the churches of God , boasting of the stedfastness and faith which you are displaying in all the troubles and afflictions which you are enduring . * They are an evidence of the righteous judgment of God , who will count you worthy of his kingdom , in behalf of which you are even now suffering . * For truly Gods justice must render back trouble to those who are troubling you , * and give to you , who are now troubled , rest , along with me at the unveiling "apocalypse " of the Lord Jesus from heaven , with his mighty angels , * in flaming fire . Then shall he take vengeance on those who know not God , even on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus . * They shall suffer punishment , even an eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord , and from the brightness of his glorious majesty , * when he comes to be glorified in his saints , and to be wondered at in all believers , on that Day ; (for you also believed our testimony ). * To this end I am making my constant prayer for you , beseeching God to make you worthy of your calling , and to fulfil mightily every desire of goodness and effort of faith ; * so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in him , according to the grace of our God and of our Lord Jesus Christ .

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